National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Mary Lyon
Born 1797
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Charlotte Anne Bunch
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1996 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Indra Nooyi
Born 1955
Achievements: Business
2021 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Harriet Tubman
Born c.1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Kate Mullany
Born 1845
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Donna de Varona
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Elaine Roulet
Born 1930
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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