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.

Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Gloria Allred
Born 1941
Achievements: Business, Government
2019 Inductee
Sylvia A. Earle
Born 1935
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Mia Hamm
Born 1972
Achievements: Athletics
2021 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 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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