National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Elaine Roulet
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Kate Millett
Born 1934
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Marcia Greenberger
Born 1946
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Billie Jean King
Born 1943
Achievements: Athletics
1990 Inductee

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