National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Billie Jean King
Born 1943
Achievements: Athletics
1990 Inductee
Dolores Huerta
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Fannie Lou Hamer
Born 1917
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Eileen Collins
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 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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