National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Billie Jean King
Born 1943
Achievements: Athletics
1990 Inductee
Rosa Parks
Born 1913
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Beatrice A. Hicks
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Carol A. Mutter
Born 1945
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Elaine Roulet
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Eileen Collins
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 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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