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!

Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Mary Edwards Walker
Born 1832
Achievements: Philanthropy, Science
2000 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Donna de Varona
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 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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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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