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!

Helen LaKelly Hunt
Born 1949
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 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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