National Women’s Hall of Fame
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2017 Inductee Interviews
WXXI News, Aimee Mullins One of the women soon to be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame has been breaking through barriers her entire life. "I can do anything if I set my mind to it,...
Embracing curiosity, facing the world
By Betty Bayer special to the Finger Lakes Times August’s summer light is giving way to September’s fall equinox in the Finger Lakes. It’s a great time to turn attention to all the things that make...
2017 Induction Weekend Press Kit
About the New Museum (PDF) NWHF Mission & Vision (PDF) Inductee Announcement Press Release (PDF) Inductee Bios (PDF) Inductees Flyer (PDF)
Building benches to benefit the Hall
By Hammerstone School Did you know that the historic town of Seneca Falls, NY is just up the road from Hammerstone? This is where the first Women’s Rights Convention was held, an effort which...
CONFLUENCE: 1844 meets 2017
By Betty M. Bayer on June 26, 2017, Finger Lakes Times Confluence: a word concerned with things — places, people, ideas — flowing together may be the most apt word to describe the National Women’s...
Memories, emotions surface as demolition of Seneca Knitting Mill office building begins
By David L. Shaw on June 1, 2017, Finger Lakes Times SENECA FALLS — As workers were getting ready to begin demolishing buildings around the former Seneca Knitting Mill Tuesday, Anne Marrapese Kaye...
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News & Events
1968: While radical feminism boiled, Seneca Falls laid foundation for women’s hall of fame
By Sarah Taddeo, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, on Oct. 18, 2018 While feminist sentiment was boiling over in other parts of the country during 1968, women's rights activism in the western New York town of Seneca Falls — the crucible of the women's rights movement...
Women in Wine
Join us on August 31 for this year's Confluence Dinner, a spirited evening on the Seneca Falls waterfront featuring women producers and artists of the Finger Lakes, including cider makers, chefs, farmers, glassmakers, musicians, and the wine makers featured here....
Imagine the Conversation Contest Winner!
We asked you to Imagine the Conversation that inspired this statue, when Amelia Bloomer introduced Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. You all certainly delivered, and we received dozens of amazing submissions. A committee went through all the submissions and...
Calling All Storytellers & Artists
July is the anniversary of the first ever Women’s Rights Convention which took place in Seneca Falls on July 19th, 1848. This July, the 20th – 22nd, we celebrate Convention Days: 170 years since the event that changed all of our lives in critical ways. Three years...
Wondering What’s Going On at the Mill?
Wonder no more! Starting this Wednesday, July 11th at 12 o’clock noon, the National Women’s Hall of Fame will begin hosting Live Facebook Mill Updates every other Wednesday! Join us as our Gilbane Project Supervisor, Mackenzie Delaney, tours us through the...