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!

Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Mia Hamm
Born 1972
Achievements: Athletics
2021 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Nicole Malachowski
Born 1974
Achievements: Government
2019 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 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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