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.

Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Sylvia A. Earle
Born 1935
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
1988 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 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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