National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Born 1927
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee

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