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!

Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Amelia Bloomer
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Mary Steichen Calderone
Born 1904
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1998 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
St. Katharine Drexel
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Marcia Greenberger
Born 1946
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee

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