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!

Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Emma Smith DeVoe
Born 1848
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Born 1947
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Kate Mullany
Born 1845
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Dolores Huerta
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee

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