National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome!

 

 

 

Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Nannerl O. Keohane
Born 1940
Achievements: Education
1995 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Sylvia A. Earle
Born 1935
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, MM
Born 1882
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Dorothy H. Andersen
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Elaine Roulet
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
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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