National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Beatrice A. Hicks
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Kate Millett
Born 1934
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Linda Richards
Born 1841
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Eileen Collins
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Born 1815
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Emily Howland
Born 1827
Achievements: Humanities
2021 Inductee
Nicole Malachowski
Born 1974
Achievements: Government
2019 Inductee

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