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!

Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Antonia Novello
Born 1944
Achievements: Government, Science
1994 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 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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