National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Eileen Collins
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Philippa Marrack
Born 1945
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee

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