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.

Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Allucquére Rosanne Stone
Born 1936
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Antonia Novello
Born 1944
Achievements: Government, Science
1994 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Lydia Moss Bradley
Born 1816
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Georgia O'Keeffe
Born 1887
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee

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