National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Lucy Stone
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1986 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Beatrice A. Hicks
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee

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