National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Donna de Varona
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Mia Hamm
Born 1972
Achievements: Athletics
2021 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Loretta C. Ford
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Felice N. Schwartz
Born 1925
Achievements: Business
1998 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Lucy Stone
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1986 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Elaine Roulet
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 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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