National Women’s Hall of Fame
1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls
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(Closed Sunday and Monday)
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The National Women’s Hall of Fame will be OPEN July 5th from 1 – 6 pm and CLOSED July 5th.
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Betty Bayer to speak at NY State Cultural Heritage Conference
Betty Bayer to speak at NY State Cultural Heritage Conference. Join us in Geneva, NY, June 6th. NYCHTN 8th ANNUAL SPRING CONFERENCE FEET THROUGH THE DOOR AND MORE Place: Hobart William Smith...
The Hall Mourns Congresswoman Louise Slaughter
1929-2018 Long-time friend and colleague of National Women’s Hall of Fame, Louise Slaughter will long be remembered and honored for her steady and true leadership. In Louise Slaughter we have a...
400 AND COUNTING: Seneca Falls woman honored for marathon fundraising
By Susan Clark Porter on March 4, 2018, Finger Lakes Times SENECA FALLS — When Cathy Troisi lined up for her first Boston Marathon in 1995, little did she know she’d still be at it more than two...
Women Who Transformed the Landscape of America in Enduring Ways
By Meredith Holmes Every two years, the National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York, where the first Women’s Rights Convention was held in 1848, recognizes American women of exceptional...
Connections: Celebrating new inductees to the National Women’s Hall of Fame
By Evan Dawson & Megan Mack We're broadcasting from WEOS, Finger Lakes Public Radio in Geneva, and we're talking to the co-presidents of the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls. Read...
Induction Weekend Experience
By Pam Sherman When we moved to Rochester 15 years ago, my husband told me about this amazing event that takes place every two years in Seneca Falls. The National Women’s Hall of Fame Induction...
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News & Events
2019 National Women’s Hall of Fame Inductees to Be Announced On International Women’s Day in NYC
“Keeper of the Flame” award to be presented to Gail Riggs NEW YORK, NY – The National Women’s Hall of Fame will announce the 2019 class of Inductees on International Women’s Day, Friday, March 8, 2019, during a cocktail reception at Manhattan’s magnificent Lotte New...
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....
National Women’s Hall of Fame wins Main Street grant for knitting mill project
Sarah Taddeo, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Published 9:25 a.m. ET Nov. 23, 2018 | Updated 5:14 p.m. ET Nov. 23, 2018 The National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls will soon open a new chapter with its move to the historic Seneca Knitting Mill, and the...
Students at Alverno College in WI portray Inductees in fictionalized podcast interviews
Alverno College students, as part of their upper level Women and Leadership course, worked with the Hall to create Inductee podcasts for their midterm exam. Alverno College is a private Catholic Women's College in Wisconsin, founded in 1887, and is consistently ranked...
2018 Partners in Preservation: Main Streets
By National Trust for Historic Preservation on Oct. 29, 2018 In 2018, the National Trust, American Express, and Main Street America headed back to Main Street for our annual Partners in Preservation campaignwith a focus on sites that celebrate the fight for equality....