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!

Amelia Bloomer
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Alice Hamilton
Born 1869
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Born 1910
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Donna de Varona
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 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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