National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Mary Steichen Calderone
Born 1904
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1998 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Linda Richards
Born 1841
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Marcia Greenberger
Born 1946
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Carol A. Mutter
Born 1945
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Kate Millett
Born 1934
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2013 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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