National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Born 1927
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Madeleine Korbel Albright
Born 1937
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 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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