National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
St. Katharine Drexel
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Mary Edwards Walker
Born 1832
Achievements: Philanthropy, Science
2000 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Carol A. Mutter
Born 1945
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Allucquére Rosanne Stone
Born 1936
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Nicole Malachowski
Born 1974
Achievements: Government
2019 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee

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