National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Lucy Stone
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1986 Inductee
Marcia Greenberger
Born 1946
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Emma Smith DeVoe
Born 1848
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee

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