National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Emma Smith DeVoe
Born 1848
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Georgia O'Keeffe
Born 1887
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Amelia Bloomer
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee

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