National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

 

 

 

Groups welcome!

Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Georgia O'Keeffe
Born 1887
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee

Discover the Women of the Hall

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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