National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Madeleine Korbel Albright
Born 1937
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 0
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Beatrice A. Hicks
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 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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