National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Mia Hamm
Born 1972
Achievements: Athletics
2021 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Loretta C. Ford
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee

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Latest Updates

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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