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!

Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Kate Millett
Born 1934
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Mildred Robbins Leet
Born 1922
Achievements: Philanthropy
2003 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Tenley Albright
Born 1935
Achievements: Athletics, Science
2015 Inductee
Antoinette Blackwell
Born 1825
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Elaine Roulet
Born 1930
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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