National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Felice N. Schwartz
Born 1925
Achievements: Business
1998 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Helen Keller
Born 1880
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Gloria Allred
Born 1941
Achievements: Business, Government
2019 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 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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