National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Georgia O'Keeffe
Born 1887
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Amelia Bloomer
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Emily Howland
Born 1827
Achievements: Humanities
2021 Inductee
Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 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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