National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Born 1947
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Beatrice A. Hicks
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Georgia O'Keeffe
Born 1887
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Antonia Novello
Born 1944
Achievements: Government, Science
1994 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Helen Keller
Born 1880
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 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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