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.

Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Gloria Allred
Born 1941
Achievements: Business, Government
2019 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Emma Smith DeVoe
Born 1848
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 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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