National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

 

 

 

Groups welcome!

Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
St. Katharine Drexel
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Jane Cunningham Croly
Born 1829
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Juliette Gordon Low
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Alice Hamilton
Born 1869
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Born 1927
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Kate Millett
Born 1934
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Tenley Albright
Born 1935
Achievements: Athletics, Science
2015 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 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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