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.

Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Nannerl O. Keohane
Born 1940
Achievements: Education
1995 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 0
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Dolores Huerta
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 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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