National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

 

The National Women’s Hall of Fame will be OPEN July 5th from 1 – 6 pm and CLOSED July 5th.

Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Mia Hamm
Born 1972
Achievements: Athletics
2021 Inductee
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Born 1815
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Eileen Collins
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Fannie Lou Hamer
Born 1917
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Madeleine Korbel Albright
Born 1937
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee

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