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!

Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Susette La Flesche
Born 1854
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Mary Steichen Calderone
Born 1904
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1998 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Kate Mullany
Born 1845
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Helen Keller
Born 1880
Achievements: Education
1973 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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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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