National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Rosa Parks
Born 1913
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Antonia Novello
Born 1944
Achievements: Government, Science
1994 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Eileen Collins
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Elaine Roulet
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Marcia Greenberger
Born 1946
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 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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