National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Ethel Percy Andrus
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Sylvia A. Earle
Born 1935
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Felice N. Schwartz
Born 1925
Achievements: Business
1998 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Carol A. Mutter
Born 1945
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 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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Help Us Honor the Women Who Shape Our World

Every story we tell, every name we enshrine, every young mind we inspire—it all starts with support from people like you.

Your donation to the National Women’s Hall of Fame helps preserve and share the legacies of American women whose courage, vision, and leadership have transformed our history. From groundbreaking exhibits to educational programs that empower future generations, your gift fuels our mission to honor the past and light the way forward.

Give today. Because every woman’s story deserves to be heard—and remembered.

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News & Events

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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Women in Wine

Join us on August 31 for this year's Confluence Dinner, a spirited evening on the Seneca Falls waterfront featuring women producers and artists of the Finger Lakes, including cider makers, chefs, farmers, glassmakers, musicians, and the wine makers featured here....

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