National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Beatrice A. Hicks
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Jane Cunningham Croly
Born 1829
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee

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