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!

Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Alice Evans
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Harriet Tubman
Born c.1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Loretta C. Ford
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 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.

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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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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