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!

Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Dolores Huerta
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
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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