National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

 

Note: The Hall will be closed for an event on 9/27/25

 

Groups welcome!

Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Mary Steichen Calderone
Born 1904
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1998 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Lucy Stone
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1986 Inductee

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Introducing the 2017 NWHF Inductees

The Honorable Matilda Raffa Cuomo (1931-   ) A dedicated advocate for women, children and families, Matilda Raffa Cuomo has lead state, national and international initiatives that heightened...

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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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