National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Kate Millett
Born 1934
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Donna de Varona
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Born 1815
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee

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