National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, MM
Born 1882
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Antonia Novello
Born 1944
Achievements: Government, Science
1994 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee

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