National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

 

The National Women’s Hall of Fame will be OPEN July 5th from 1 – 6 pm and CLOSED July 5th.

Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Lydia Moss Bradley
Born 1816
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Elaine Roulet
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Ethel Percy Andrus
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Emma Smith DeVoe
Born 1848
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Billie Jean King
Born 1943
Achievements: Athletics
1990 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee

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