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!

Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Linda Richards
Born 1841
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Beatrice A. Hicks
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Emily Howland
Born 1827
Achievements: Humanities
2021 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 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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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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