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.

Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Antoinette Blackwell
Born 1825
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Nannerl O. Keohane
Born 1940
Achievements: Education
1995 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Alice Paul
Born 1885
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Billie Jean King
Born 1943
Achievements: Athletics
1990 Inductee

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Latest Updates

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

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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Wondering What’s Going On at the Mill?

Wonder no more! Starting this Wednesday, July 11th at 12 o’clock noon, the National Women’s Hall of Fame will begin hosting Live Facebook Mill Updates every other Wednesday! Join us as our Gilbane Project Supervisor, Mackenzie Delaney, tours us through the...

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Bayer Offers Tribute to Dr. Blackwell

By Hobart and William Smith Colleges on May 7th, 2018 Professor of Women’s Studies Betty Bayer joined a panel of distinguished speakers for the unveiling of the historic plaque marking the hospital founded by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell Class of 1849, the first woman in...

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