National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Emma Smith DeVoe
Born 1848
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Julie Krone
Born 1963
Achievements: Athletics
2013 Inductee
Juliette Gordon Low
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 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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News & Events

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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