National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Alice Paul
Born 1885
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Antoinette Blackwell
Born 1825
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Madeleine Korbel Albright
Born 1937
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Antonia Novello
Born 1944
Achievements: Government, Science
1994 Inductee
Loretta C. Ford
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Emily Howell Warner
Born 1939
Achievements: Science
2001 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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