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!

Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Philippa Marrack
Born 1945
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Kate Mullany
Born 1845
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Mary Steichen Calderone
Born 1904
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1998 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 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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