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!

Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Carol A. Mutter
Born 1945
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Elaine Roulet
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 Inductee

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