National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Susette La Flesche
Born 1854
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Born 1910
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Emily Howland
Born 1827
Achievements: Humanities
2021 Inductee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Emily Howell Warner
Born 1939
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Antonia Novello
Born 1944
Achievements: Government, Science
1994 Inductee
Mildred Robbins Leet
Born 1922
Achievements: Philanthropy
2003 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 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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