National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Tenley Albright
Born 1935
Achievements: Athletics, Science
2015 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Juliette Gordon Low
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Harriet Tubman
Born c.1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Nicole Malachowski
Born 1974
Achievements: Government
2019 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee

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