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.

Allucquére Rosanne Stone
Born 1936
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Indra Nooyi
Born 1955
Achievements: Business
2021 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Mia Hamm
Born 1972
Achievements: Athletics
2021 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 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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