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.

Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Kate Millett
Born 1934
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Rosa Parks
Born 1913
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 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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