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!

Marcia Greenberger
Born 1946
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee

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