National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Gloria Allred
Born 1941
Achievements: Business, Government
2019 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Helen LaKelly Hunt
Born 1949
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee

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Latest Updates

2017 Induction Weekend

2017 Induction Weekend

Save the Date! The 2017 National Women's Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place September 15, 16 & 17, 2017 in Seneca Falls, NY. More details to come.

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News & Events

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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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 this world revolve to illuminate different — and sometimes new —...

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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 ultimately led to the winning of women’s suffrage. While women have gained...

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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 Hall of Fame’s rehabilitation of the 1844 Seneca Knitting Mill as its...

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