National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Emily Howland
Born 1827
Achievements: Humanities
2021 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
St. Katharine Drexel
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Kate Mullany
Born 1845
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Alice Evans
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Charlotte Anne Bunch
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1996 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 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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