National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Jane Cunningham Croly
Born 1829
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Helen LaKelly Hunt
Born 1949
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Susette La Flesche
Born 1854
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Born 1910
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee

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