National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

 

Note: The Hall will be closed for an event on 9/27/25

 

Groups welcome!

Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Lucy Stone
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1986 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Charlotte Anne Bunch
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1996 Inductee
Lydia Moss Bradley
Born 1816
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee

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Latest Updates

2017 Induction Weekend

2017 Induction Weekend

Save the Date! The 2017 National Women's Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place September 15, 16 & 17, 2017 in Seneca Falls, NY. More details to come.

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News & Events

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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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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