National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Kate Millett
Born 1934
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Jane Cunningham Croly
Born 1829
Achievements: Arts
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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