National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Mary Edwards Walker
Born 1832
Achievements: Philanthropy, Science
2000 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Antoinette Blackwell
Born 1825
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Gloria Allred
Born 1941
Achievements: Business, Government
2019 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Emily Howell Warner
Born 1939
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Donna de Varona
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Amelia Bloomer
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 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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