National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Madeleine Korbel Albright
Born 1937
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Dorothy H. Andersen
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 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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