National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

 

Note: The Hall will be closed for an event on 9/27/25

 

Groups welcome!

Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Alice Paul
Born 1885
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Eileen Collins
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Rosa Parks
Born 1913
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Ethel Percy Andrus
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee

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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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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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