National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Dorothy H. Andersen
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Alice Hamilton
Born 1869
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Lydia Moss Bradley
Born 1816
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 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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