National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

 

The National Women’s Hall of Fame will be OPEN July 5th from 1 – 6 pm and CLOSED July 5th.

Juliette Gordon Low
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Allucquére Rosanne Stone
Born 1936
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Alice Paul
Born 1885
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, MM
Born 1882
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee

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Latest Updates

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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