National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

 

 

 

Groups welcome!

Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Antoinette Blackwell
Born 1825
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Georgia O'Keeffe
Born 1887
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Amelia Bloomer
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 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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