National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome!

 

 

 

Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Nicole Malachowski
Born 1974
Achievements: Government
2019 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Mary Lyon
Born 1797
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Madeleine Korbel Albright
Born 1937
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Kate Mullany
Born 1845
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Dorothy H. Andersen
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Born 1927
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 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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