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.

Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 0
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Alice Evans
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Indra Nooyi
Born 1955
Achievements: Business
2021 Inductee
Alice Paul
Born 1885
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Beatrice A. Hicks
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2001 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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