National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Gloria Allred
Born 1941
Achievements: Business, Government
2019 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Charlotte Anne Bunch
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1996 Inductee
Susette La Flesche
Born 1854
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee

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Latest Updates

Women in Wine

Join us on August 31 for this year's Confluence Dinner, a spirited evening on the Seneca Falls waterfront featuring women producers and artists of the Finger Lakes, including cider makers, chefs,...

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Imagine the Conversation Contest Winner!

We asked you to Imagine the Conversation that inspired this statue, when Amelia Bloomer introduced Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. You all certainly delivered, and we received dozens of...

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Calling All Storytellers & Artists

July is the anniversary of the first ever Women’s Rights Convention which took place in Seneca Falls on July 19th, 1848. This July, the 20th – 22nd, we celebrate Convention Days: 170 years since the...

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Wondering What’s Going On at the Mill?

Wonder no more! Starting this Wednesday, July 11th at 12 o’clock noon, the National Women’s Hall of Fame will begin hosting Live Facebook Mill Updates every other Wednesday! Join us as our Gilbane...

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Bayer Offers Tribute to Dr. Blackwell

By Hobart and William Smith Colleges on May 7th, 2018 Professor of Women’s Studies Betty Bayer joined a panel of distinguished speakers for the unveiling of the historic plaque marking the hospital...

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News & Events

National Women’s Hall of Fame Induction Sept. 14, 2019

For Immediate Release: Celebrating Extraordinary Women’s Contributions Seneca Falls, NY: - In celebration of the 100th year anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote in NY, The National Women's Hall of Fame will host a weekend celebrating the achievements of American Women...

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Hall Mourns Bernice “Bunny” Sandler

Bernice Resnick Sandler Dr. Bernice “Bunny” Sandler, the “Godmother of Title IX,” died peacefully at her home in Washington, DC, on Saturday January 5, 2019. She was 90. A high-spirited and highly effective advocate for women’s equality for more than 50 years, Dr....

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