National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

 

 

 

Groups welcome!

Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Dorothy H. Andersen
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
St. Katharine Drexel
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Mary Lyon
Born 1797
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Mia Hamm
Born 1972
Achievements: Athletics
2021 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee

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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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