National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Sylvia A. Earle
Born 1935
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee

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Induction Weekend Experience

By Pam Sherman When we moved to Rochester 15 years ago, my husband told me about this amazing event that takes place every two years in Seneca Falls. The National Women’s Hall of Fame Induction...

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2017 Inductee Interviews

WXXI News, Aimee Mullins One of the women soon to be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame has been breaking through barriers her entire life. "I can do anything if I set my mind to it,...

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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 campaignwith a focus on sites that celebrate the fight for equality....

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