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!

Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Allucquére Rosanne Stone
Born 1936
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Philippa Marrack
Born 1945
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Marcia Greenberger
Born 1946
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Jane Cunningham Croly
Born 1829
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 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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