[doug from upland]

In 1969, a group of women and men of Seneca Falls created the National Women's Hall of Fame, believing that the contribution of American women deserved a permanent home in the small village where it all began. The Hall is home to exhibits, artifacts of historical interest, a research library and office. The National Women's Hall of Fame, a national membership organization, holds as its mission:


"To honor in perpetuity these women, citizens of the United States of America whose contributions to the arts, athletics, business, education, government, the humanities, philanthropy and science, have been the greatest value for the development of their country."©
The Hall is a shrine to some of the greatest women in the history of this country and a tribute that grows annually with each induction ceremony as we learn to appreciate more about the wonderful contributions that women make to our civilization.

[NYpeanut]

My mother, a dear sincere, misguided liberal, dragged me to attend the grand opening of the National Women's Hall of Fame. Manly girls as far as the eye could see. I knew that, even though she was liberal, Mom was very uncomfortable with "alternate sexual orientation."

"Mom," I said as gently as possible, after gazing over the crowd of plaid-shirted womyn hugging overall-ed womyn, "these are all lesbians." "Don't be silly," she responded, blinking sincerely, "they have just been working too hard for the opening to change their clothes."

About half an hour later she said she was done looking at displays and we left, never to mention it again.