National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 Inductee
Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
St. Katharine Drexel
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Mary Steichen Calderone
Born 1904
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1998 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Felice N. Schwartz
Born 1925
Achievements: Business
1998 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Lucy Stone
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1986 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 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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