National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

 

Note: The Hall will be closed for an event on 9/27/25

 

Groups welcome!

Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Fannie Lou Hamer
Born 1917
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Billie Jean King
Born 1943
Achievements: Athletics
1990 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee

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