National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

 

The National Women’s Hall of Fame will be OPEN July 5th from 1 – 6 pm and CLOSED July 5th.

Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Philippa Marrack
Born 1945
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Rosa Parks
Born 1913
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
1988 Inductee
Helen LaKelly Hunt
Born 1949
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Lucy Stone
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1986 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee

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