National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

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11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

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Beatrice A. Hicks
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Antonia Novello
Born 1944
Achievements: Government, Science
1994 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Emma Smith DeVoe
Born 1848
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Indra Nooyi
Born 1955
Achievements: Business
2021 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Billie Jean King
Born 1943
Achievements: Athletics
1990 Inductee
Eileen Collins
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Muriel Siebert
Born 1928
Achievements: Business
1994 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Jane Cunningham Croly
Born 1829
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee

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News & Events

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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