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.

Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Antonia Novello
Born 1944
Achievements: Government, Science
1994 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Juliette Gordon Low
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1979 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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