National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Tenley Albright
Born 1935
Achievements: Athletics, Science
2015 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee

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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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