National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
St. Katharine Drexel
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Emily Howell Warner
Born 1939
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Kate Millett
Born 1934
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Kate Mullany
Born 1845
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 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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