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!

Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Harriet Tubman
Born c.1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Lucy Stone
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1986 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 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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