National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Alice Evans
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Jane Cunningham Croly
Born 1829
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Felice N. Schwartz
Born 1925
Achievements: Business
1998 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Linda Richards
Born 1841
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee

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