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.

Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Helen Keller
Born 1880
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Carol A. Mutter
Born 1945
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Julie Krone
Born 1963
Achievements: Athletics
2013 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Nicole Malachowski
Born 1974
Achievements: Government
2019 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 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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