National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

 

The National Women’s Hall of Fame will be OPEN July 5th from 1 – 6 pm and CLOSED July 5th.

Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Tenley Albright
Born 1935
Achievements: Athletics, Science
2015 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Muriel Siebert
Born 1928
Achievements: Business
1994 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Gloria Allred
Born 1941
Achievements: Business, Government
2019 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Indra Nooyi
Born 1955
Achievements: Business
2021 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 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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