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!

Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Gloria Allred
Born 1941
Achievements: Business, Government
2019 Inductee
Lydia Moss Bradley
Born 1816
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Alice Paul
Born 1885
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Mildred Robbins Leet
Born 1922
Achievements: Philanthropy
2003 Inductee
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
1988 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Madeleine Korbel Albright
Born 1937
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Julie Krone
Born 1963
Achievements: Athletics
2013 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee

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