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!

Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Alice Hamilton
Born 1869
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Julie Krone
Born 1963
Achievements: Athletics
2013 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
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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