National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Nannerl O. Keohane
Born 1940
Achievements: Education
1995 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Mary Edwards Walker
Born 1832
Achievements: Philanthropy, Science
2000 Inductee
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Born 1927
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Dolores Huerta
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Juliette Gordon Low
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 Inductee
Muriel Siebert
Born 1928
Achievements: Business
1994 Inductee
Lucy Stone
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1986 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 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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