National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome!

 

 

 

Charlotte Anne Bunch
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1996 Inductee
Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Gloria Allred
Born 1941
Achievements: Business, Government
2019 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Marcia Greenberger
Born 1946
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Born 1910
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Dolores Huerta
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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