National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Tenley Albright
Born 1935
Achievements: Athletics, Science
2015 Inductee
Rosa Parks
Born 1913
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Billie Jean King
Born 1943
Achievements: Athletics
1990 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Gloria Allred
Born 1941
Achievements: Business, Government
2019 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Alice Evans
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee

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Exciting news: The 2025 Right to Run 5k/19k is happening May 10th in Seneca Falls, and you can also participate virtually through May 31st – from anywhere in the U.S.! 👉 Sign up for the race today This year, we’re thrilled to announce that the race will start and...

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