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!

Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Rosa Parks
Born 1913
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Sylvia A. Earle
Born 1935
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Emma Smith DeVoe
Born 1848
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 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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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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