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!

Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Mia Hamm
Born 1972
Achievements: Athletics
2021 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Dolores Huerta
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 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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