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!

Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Mildred Robbins Leet
Born 1922
Achievements: Philanthropy
2003 Inductee
Mia Hamm
Born 1972
Achievements: Athletics
2021 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Amelia Bloomer
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Helen LaKelly Hunt
Born 1949
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 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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