National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Kate Millett
Born 1934
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Georgia O'Keeffe
Born 1887
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Alice Evans
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Jane Cunningham Croly
Born 1829
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
1988 Inductee
Madeleine Korbel Albright
Born 1937
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee

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