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!

Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Alice Evans
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Nannerl O. Keohane
Born 1940
Achievements: Education
1995 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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