National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Sylvia A. Earle
Born 1935
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Fannie Lou Hamer
Born 1917
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee

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Induction Weekend Experience

By Pam Sherman When we moved to Rochester 15 years ago, my husband told me about this amazing event that takes place every two years in Seneca Falls. The National Women’s Hall of Fame Induction...

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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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2018 Partners in Preservation: Main Streets

By National Trust for Historic Preservation on Oct. 29, 2018 In 2018, the National Trust, American Express, and Main Street America headed back to Main Street for our annual Partners in Preservation campaignwith a focus on sites that celebrate the fight for equality....

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