National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

 

 

 

Groups welcome!

Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Alice Paul
Born 1885
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Georgia O'Keeffe
Born 1887
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee

Discover the Women of the Hall

News & Events

Induction Weekend Experience

By Pam Sherman When we moved to Rochester 15 years ago, my husband told me about this amazing event that takes place every two years in Seneca Falls. The National Women’s Hall of Fame Induction ceremony is all about lessons in both women’s history and women in...

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2017 Inductee Interviews

WXXI News, Aimee Mullins One of the women soon to be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame has been breaking through barriers her entire life. "I can do anything if I set my mind to it, which is a wonderful naiveté,” said Aimee Mullins. “Most people have it...

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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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