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!

Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Kate Mullany
Born 1845
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Marcia Greenberger
Born 1946
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 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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