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!

Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Born 1947
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Eileen Collins
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 Inductee

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