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!

Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Helen Keller
Born 1880
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee

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