National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Billie Jean King
Born 1943
Achievements: Athletics
1990 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Allucquére Rosanne Stone
Born 1936
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee

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