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!

Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Emma Smith DeVoe
Born 1848
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 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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