National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Mia Hamm
Born 1972
Achievements: Athletics
2021 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Helen LaKelly Hunt
Born 1949
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 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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