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.

Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Charlotte Anne Bunch
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1996 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Antonia Novello
Born 1944
Achievements: Government, Science
1994 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Antoinette Blackwell
Born 1825
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Georgia O'Keeffe
Born 1887
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 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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