National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Emily Howland
Born 1827
Achievements: Humanities
2021 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Felice N. Schwartz
Born 1925
Achievements: Business
1998 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Dolores Huerta
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Antoinette Blackwell
Born 1825
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Eileen Collins
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Jane Cunningham Croly
Born 1829
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 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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