National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Jane Cunningham Croly
Born 1829
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Antonia Novello
Born 1944
Achievements: Government, Science
1994 Inductee
Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Antoinette Blackwell
Born 1825
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Donna de Varona
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Mildred Robbins Leet
Born 1922
Achievements: Philanthropy
2003 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee

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