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!

Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 Inductee
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Georgia O'Keeffe
Born 1887
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
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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