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.

Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Mildred Robbins Leet
Born 1922
Achievements: Philanthropy
2003 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Tenley Albright
Born 1935
Achievements: Athletics, Science
2015 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Nannerl O. Keohane
Born 1940
Achievements: Education
1995 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Amelia Bloomer
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Alice Hamilton
Born 1869
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 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

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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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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