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!

Helen LaKelly Hunt
Born 1949
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Tenley Albright
Born 1935
Achievements: Athletics, Science
2015 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Madeleine Korbel Albright
Born 1937
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
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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