National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Muriel Siebert
Born 1928
Achievements: Business
1994 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee

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