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!

Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Fannie Lou Hamer
Born 1917
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Alice Hamilton
Born 1869
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Beatrice A. Hicks
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee

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Introducing the 2017 NWHF Inductees

The Honorable Matilda Raffa Cuomo (1931-   ) A dedicated advocate for women, children and families, Matilda Raffa Cuomo has lead state, national and international initiatives that heightened...

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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 ceremony is all about lessons in both women’s history and women in...

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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, which is a wonderful naiveté,” said Aimee Mullins. “Most people have it...

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