National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Indra Nooyi
Born 1955
Achievements: Business
2021 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Dolores Huerta
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee

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