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
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Philippa Marrack
Born 1945
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Beatrice A. Hicks
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee

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