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!

Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Eileen Collins
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Charlotte Anne Bunch
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1996 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Muriel Siebert
Born 1928
Achievements: Business
1994 Inductee
Carol A. Mutter
Born 1945
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2017 Inductee

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