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!

Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Helen Keller
Born 1880
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Susette La Flesche
Born 1854
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Charlotte Anne Bunch
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1996 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, 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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