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!

Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Emma Smith DeVoe
Born 1848
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 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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