National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Susette La Flesche
Born 1854
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Carol A. Mutter
Born 1945
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee

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