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!

Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Emma Smith DeVoe
Born 1848
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Susette La Flesche
Born 1854
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Helen Keller
Born 1880
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Muriel Siebert
Born 1928
Achievements: Business
1994 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Indra Nooyi
Born 1955
Achievements: Business
2021 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
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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