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!

Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
1988 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Dorothy H. Andersen
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee

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