National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

 

Note: The Hall will be closed for an event on 9/27/25

 

Groups welcome!

Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Gloria Allred
Born 1941
Achievements: Business, Government
2019 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 Inductee
Linda Richards
Born 1841
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Tenley Albright
Born 1935
Achievements: Athletics, Science
2015 Inductee
Julie Krone
Born 1963
Achievements: Athletics
2013 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Kate Millett
Born 1934
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee

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Latest Updates

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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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.

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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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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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