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!

Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Dolores Huerta
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Mia Hamm
Born 1972
Achievements: Athletics
2021 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Julie Krone
Born 1963
Achievements: Athletics
2013 Inductee
Emily Howland
Born 1827
Achievements: Humanities
2021 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 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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