National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Antonia Novello
Born 1944
Achievements: Government, Science
1994 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Mia Hamm
Born 1972
Achievements: Athletics
2021 Inductee
Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Born 1927
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Mary Edwards Walker
Born 1832
Achievements: Philanthropy, Science
2000 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Julie Krone
Born 1963
Achievements: Athletics
2013 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Alice Hamilton
Born 1869
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Indra Nooyi
Born 1955
Achievements: Business
2021 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee

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