National Women’s Hall of Fame to announce 2017 inductees

SENECA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) - The National Women’s Hall of Fame is getting ready to announce its 2017 inductees.

Hall officials have scheduled a press conference for Tuesday at the Gould Hotel in Seneca Falls, the site of the first women’s rights convention.

Hall Co-President Betty Bayer says they will reveal the 10 women who will be inducted to the hall during a ceremony in September.

The National Women’s Hall of Fame has so far inducted 266 women who have influenced arts, athletics, business, education, government, humanities, philanthropy and science.

Classes are inducted every other year.