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!

Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Nicole Malachowski
Born 1974
Achievements: Government
2019 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Born 1910
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Elaine Roulet
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Rosa Parks
Born 1913
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 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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