National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Felice N. Schwartz
Born 1925
Achievements: Business
1998 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Julie Krone
Born 1963
Achievements: Athletics
2013 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Born 1910
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Muriel Siebert
Born 1928
Achievements: Business
1994 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Helen Keller
Born 1880
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Dorothy H. Andersen
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee

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