National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Mary Steichen Calderone
Born 1904
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1998 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Lucy Stone
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1986 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Carol A. Mutter
Born 1945
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Antonia Novello
Born 1944
Achievements: Government, Science
1994 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
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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