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!

Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
1988 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Dolores Huerta
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Nannerl O. Keohane
Born 1940
Achievements: Education
1995 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Born 1927
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
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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