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!

Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Mary Steichen Calderone
Born 1904
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1998 Inductee
Mary Edwards Walker
Born 1832
Achievements: Philanthropy, Science
2000 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 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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