National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
St. Katharine Drexel
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Born 1910
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 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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Embracing curiosity, facing the world

By Betty Bayer special to the Finger Lakes Times August’s summer light is giving way to September’s fall equinox in the Finger Lakes. It’s a great time to turn attention to all the things that make...

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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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