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!

Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Mary Edwards Walker
Born 1832
Achievements: Philanthropy, Science
2000 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Lydia Moss Bradley
Born 1816
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Nannerl O. Keohane
Born 1940
Achievements: Education
1995 Inductee
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee

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