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!

Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Muriel Siebert
Born 1928
Achievements: Business
1994 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Kate Millett
Born 1934
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, MM
Born 1882
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee

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