National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Loretta C. Ford
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Elaine Roulet
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 Inductee
Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee

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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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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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