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.

Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Loretta C. Ford
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Donna de Varona
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 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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