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.

Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Charlotte Anne Bunch
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1996 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Tenley Albright
Born 1935
Achievements: Athletics, Science
2015 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 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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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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