National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Helen LaKelly Hunt
Born 1949
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 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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