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!

Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Mary Lyon
Born 1797
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
St. Katharine Drexel
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Philippa Marrack
Born 1945
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Harriet Tubman
Born c.1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Mia Hamm
Born 1972
Achievements: Athletics
2021 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Donna de Varona
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 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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Help Us Honor the Women Who Shape Our World

Every story we tell, every name we enshrine, every young mind we inspire—it all starts with support from people like you.

Your donation to the National Women’s Hall of Fame helps preserve and share the legacies of American women whose courage, vision, and leadership have transformed our history. From groundbreaking exhibits to educational programs that empower future generations, your gift fuels our mission to honor the past and light the way forward.

Give today. Because every woman’s story deserves to be heard—and remembered.

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News & Events

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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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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