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.

Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Amelia Bloomer
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Billie Jean King
Born 1943
Achievements: Athletics
1990 Inductee
Ethel Percy Andrus
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, MM
Born 1882
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Linda Richards
Born 1841
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Muriel Siebert
Born 1928
Achievements: Business
1994 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 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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