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!

Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Eileen Collins
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Dorothy H. Andersen
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Antoinette Blackwell
Born 1825
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee

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