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!

Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Felice N. Schwartz
Born 1925
Achievements: Business
1998 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Philippa Marrack
Born 1945
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee

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