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.

Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Charlotte Anne Bunch
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1996 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Nicole Malachowski
Born 1974
Achievements: Government
2019 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Carol A. Mutter
Born 1945
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
1988 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee

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News & Events

Wondering What’s Going On at the Mill?

Wonder no more! Starting this Wednesday, July 11th at 12 o’clock noon, the National Women’s Hall of Fame will begin hosting Live Facebook Mill Updates every other Wednesday! Join us as our Gilbane Project Supervisor, Mackenzie Delaney, tours us through the...

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Bayer Offers Tribute to Dr. Blackwell

By Hobart and William Smith Colleges on May 7th, 2018 Professor of Women’s Studies Betty Bayer joined a panel of distinguished speakers for the unveiling of the historic plaque marking the hospital founded by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell Class of 1849, the first woman in...

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The Hall Mourns Congresswoman Louise Slaughter

1929-2018 Long-time friend and colleague of National Women’s Hall of Fame, Louise Slaughter will long be remembered and honored for her steady and true leadership. In Louise Slaughter we have a woman whose leadership stood on the ground of history while shaping a more...

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