National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Elaine Roulet
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Charlotte Anne Bunch
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1996 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Alice Hamilton
Born 1869
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Antoinette Blackwell
Born 1825
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Sylvia A. Earle
Born 1935
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Lucy Stone
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1986 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Nicole Malachowski
Born 1974
Achievements: Government
2019 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
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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