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.

Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, MM
Born 1882
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Marcia Greenberger
Born 1946
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee

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