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.

Mary Edwards Walker
Born 1832
Achievements: Philanthropy, Science
2000 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Loretta C. Ford
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Lucy Stone
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1986 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Emily Howland
Born 1827
Achievements: Humanities
2021 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Indra Nooyi
Born 1955
Achievements: Business
2021 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Fannie Lou Hamer
Born 1917
Achievements: Humanities
1993 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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