National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Dolores Huerta
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Philippa Marrack
Born 1945
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Jane Cunningham Croly
Born 1829
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Born 1815
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 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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