National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

 

The National Women’s Hall of Fame will be OPEN July 5th from 1 – 6 pm and CLOSED July 5th.

Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Eileen Collins
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Dolores Huerta
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Beatrice A. Hicks
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Emily Howell Warner
Born 1939
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Juliette Gordon Low
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee

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