National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

 

 

 

Groups welcome!

Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Beatrice A. Hicks
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Alice Hamilton
Born 1869
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Emily Howell Warner
Born 1939
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Georgia O'Keeffe
Born 1887
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Antonia Novello
Born 1944
Achievements: Government, Science
1994 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Mia Hamm
Born 1972
Achievements: Athletics
2021 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Felice N. Schwartz
Born 1925
Achievements: Business
1998 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee

Discover the Women of the Hall

News & Events

Induction Weekend Experience

By Pam Sherman When we moved to Rochester 15 years ago, my husband told me about this amazing event that takes place every two years in Seneca Falls. The National Women’s Hall of Fame Induction ceremony is all about lessons in both women’s history and women in...

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2017 Inductee Interviews

WXXI News, Aimee Mullins One of the women soon to be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame has been breaking through barriers her entire life. "I can do anything if I set my mind to it, which is a wonderful naiveté,” said Aimee Mullins. “Most people have it...

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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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