National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Allucquére Rosanne Stone
Born 1936
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 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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