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!

Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Alice Paul
Born 1885
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Helen Keller
Born 1880
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Born 1815
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Amelia Bloomer
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Indra Nooyi
Born 1955
Achievements: Business
2021 Inductee
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Born 1910
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 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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Every story we tell, every name we enshrine, every young mind we inspire—it all starts with support from people like you.

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Give today. Because every woman’s story deserves to be heard—and remembered.

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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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