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!

Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
St. Katharine Drexel
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Born 1947
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee

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