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.

Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee

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Latest Updates

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

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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