National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 0
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Born 1815
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Eileen Collins
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Mary Steichen Calderone
Born 1904
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1998 Inductee
Tenley Albright
Born 1935
Achievements: Athletics, Science
2015 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Mildred Robbins Leet
Born 1922
Achievements: Philanthropy
2003 Inductee
Loretta C. Ford
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee

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News & Events

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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Walls coming down at former Seneca Knitting Mill

By David L. Shaw on May 29, 2017, Finger Lakes Times SENECA FALLS — Demolition of former Seneca Knitting Mill structures on both sides of the limestone building that will be the new home of the National Women’s Hall of Fame is scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday. Crews from...

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