National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

 

The National Women’s Hall of Fame will be OPEN July 5th from 1 – 6 pm and CLOSED July 5th.

Alice Paul
Born 1885
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Jane Cunningham Croly
Born 1829
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Emily Howland
Born 1827
Achievements: Humanities
2021 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Fannie Lou Hamer
Born 1917
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Indra Nooyi
Born 1955
Achievements: Business
2021 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Georgia O'Keeffe
Born 1887
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee

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Latest Updates

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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Building benches to benefit the Hall

By Hammerstone School Did you know that the historic town of Seneca Falls, NY is just up the road from Hammerstone? This is where the first Women’s Rights Convention was held, an effort which...

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CONFLUENCE: 1844 meets 2017

By Betty M. Bayer on June 26, 2017, Finger Lakes Times Confluence: a word concerned with things — places, people, ideas — flowing together may be the most apt word to describe the National Women’s...

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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

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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Imagine the Conversation Contest Winner!

We asked you to Imagine the Conversation that inspired this statue, when Amelia Bloomer introduced Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. You all certainly delivered, and we received dozens of amazing submissions. A committee went through all the submissions and...

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Calling All Storytellers & Artists

July is the anniversary of the first ever Women’s Rights Convention which took place in Seneca Falls on July 19th, 1848. This July, the 20th – 22nd, we celebrate Convention Days: 170 years since the event that changed all of our lives in critical ways. Three years...

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