National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

 

The National Women’s Hall of Fame will be OPEN July 5th from 1 – 6 pm and CLOSED July 5th.

Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Antonia Novello
Born 1944
Achievements: Government, Science
1994 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Nannerl O. Keohane
Born 1940
Achievements: Education
1995 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee

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