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.

Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Mary Steichen Calderone
Born 1904
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1998 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Felice N. Schwartz
Born 1925
Achievements: Business
1998 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 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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Every story we tell, every name we enshrine, every young mind we inspire—it all starts with support from people like you.

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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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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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