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.

Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Sylvia A. Earle
Born 1935
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Harriet Tubman
Born c.1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Billie Jean King
Born 1943
Achievements: Athletics
1990 Inductee
Felice N. Schwartz
Born 1925
Achievements: Business
1998 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 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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