National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Kate Millett
Born 1934
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee

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