National Women's Hall of Fame

The National Women's Hall of Fame is an American institution that honors women for achievement and influence through induction and public commemoration.

Seneca Falls, New York: A town in upstate New York associated with the 1848 women's rights convention. The Hall was founded in Seneca Falls and is closely linked to its women's-rights history.
Induction: A formal act of admitting someone into an organization or commemorative institution. The Hall recognizes honorees through a formal induction process.
Women's history: The study and documentation of women's lives, roles, and contributions across time. The Hall's honorees provide material for telling women's history.
Collective memory: Shared representations of the past maintained by a group or society. The Hall contributes to public memory by selecting women whose lives merit commemoration.
National Women's Rights Convention: A series of US meetings advocating women's legal and political equality, first held in 1850. The conventions continued the organizing tradition represented by the Hall's home in Seneca Falls.
Nominations: Proposals that a person be considered for a position, award, or honor. Nominations bring potential honorees into consideration for the Hall.
Public history: Historical work presented to and created with audiences outside academic institutions. The Hall interprets women's achievements through a public-facing institution.
Commemoration: The public act of preserving the memory of a person, event, or historical experience. Induction and exhibits turn achievement into lasting public recognition.
Women's suffrage in the United States: The movement to secure voting rights for women in the United States. Many inductees advanced the struggle for women's voting rights.
Selection committee: A group appointed to assess candidates and make choices for an award or honor. Committee review shapes which achievements the Hall publicly recognizes.

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