Founded in 1969, the National Women's Hall of Fame was created to build a permanent home to honor women whose enduring contributions have transformed the landscape of America. The Hall is the nation's oldest membership organization to do so. Today we honor 276 women in our gallery from the arts, athletics, business, education, government, humanities, philanthropy and science. Inductees are nominated by the public at large; all nominations are adjudicated by a panel of experts drawn from the wider public. The Hall is currently housed in the Helen Mosher Barben Building in the heart of the historic district of Seneca Falls, NY where the women's movement began. Now almost 50 years old, the Hall has outgrown its space and is rehabilitating the nearby 1844 Seneca Knitting Mill as our new home.