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.

Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Born 1910
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Mary Edwards Walker
Born 1832
Achievements: Philanthropy, Science
2000 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Mary Steichen Calderone
Born 1904
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1998 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee

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