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!

Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Ethel Percy Andrus
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
1988 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Nicole Malachowski
Born 1974
Achievements: Government
2019 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Mildred Robbins Leet
Born 1922
Achievements: Philanthropy
2003 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee

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