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.

Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Sylvia A. Earle
Born 1935
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Helen LaKelly Hunt
Born 1949
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Born 1910
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee

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Latest Updates

2018 Partners in Preservation: Main Streets

By National Trust for Historic Preservation on Oct. 29, 2018 In 2018, the National Trust, American Express, and Main Street America headed back to Main Street for our annual Partners in Preservation...

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Women in Wine

Join us on August 31 for this year's Confluence Dinner, a spirited evening on the Seneca Falls waterfront featuring women producers and artists of the Finger Lakes, including cider makers, chefs,...

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Help Us Honor the Women Who Shape Our World

Every story we tell, every name we enshrine, every young mind we inspire—it all starts with support from people like you.

Your donation to the National Women’s Hall of Fame helps preserve and share the legacies of American women whose courage, vision, and leadership have transformed our history. From groundbreaking exhibits to educational programs that empower future generations, your gift fuels our mission to honor the past and light the way forward.

Give today. Because every woman’s story deserves to be heard—and remembered.

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News & Events

Fall Street Location is Closed

We will reopen at 1 Canal St in early summer of 2020. Check back for details or follow us on social media. We look forward to welcoming you to our new space!

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Our current location is closing!

Thank you to all who helped make Induction 2019 a success! We are pleased to announce that National Women’s Hall of Fame will be closing our current location at the end of October. We will reopen at 1 Canal St in spring of 2020. Check back for details or follow us on...

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Ginny Ryan: The Keeper of the Flame

A third grade assignment to tell the story of someone else’s life was all it took to hook Ginny Ryan on reporting. At Cardinal Mooney High School and at Buffalo State College, she wrote for the school papers and worked at the campus radio and television stations,...

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Welcome our newest 2019 Inductee Diane von Furstenberg!

Icon of Fashion Design and Philanthropist Diane von Furstenberg is a fashion designer, philanthropist, and Founder and Chairman of the company that bears her name. In 1974, she debuted her iconic wrap dress, which became a symbol of power and independence for women...

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