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!

Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Emily Howell Warner
Born 1939
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Loretta C. Ford
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Marcia Greenberger
Born 1946
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Born 1815
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Mary Lyon
Born 1797
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 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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