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!

Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Born 1947
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Rosa Parks
Born 1913
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Felice N. Schwartz
Born 1925
Achievements: Business
1998 Inductee
Mary Lyon
Born 1797
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Jane Cunningham Croly
Born 1829
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 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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Every story we tell, every name we enshrine, every young mind we inspire—it all starts with support from people like you.

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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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