National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Susette La Flesche
Born 1854
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Emma Smith DeVoe
Born 1848
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Tenley Albright
Born 1935
Achievements: Athletics, Science
2015 Inductee
Linda Richards
Born 1841
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
1988 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Mary Steichen Calderone
Born 1904
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1998 Inductee
Lydia Moss Bradley
Born 1816
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee

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