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.

Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, MM
Born 1882
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Alice Evans
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Mia Hamm
Born 1972
Achievements: Athletics
2021 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 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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Every story we tell, every name we enshrine, every young mind we inspire—it all starts with support from people like you.

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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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