National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Elaine Roulet
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Gloria Allred
Born 1941
Achievements: Business, Government
2019 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 0
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Linda Richards
Born 1841
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee

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