National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Eileen Collins
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Nicole Malachowski
Born 1974
Achievements: Government
2019 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 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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