National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 Inductee
Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Marcia Greenberger
Born 1946
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Alice Paul
Born 1885
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Kate Mullany
Born 1845
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 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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