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.

Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Amelia Bloomer
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Muriel Siebert
Born 1928
Achievements: Business
1994 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Gloria Allred
Born 1941
Achievements: Business, Government
2019 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 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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