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!

Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Madeleine Korbel Albright
Born 1937
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Born 1815
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Antonia Novello
Born 1944
Achievements: Government, Science
1994 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Jane Cunningham Croly
Born 1829
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee

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