National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
St. Katharine Drexel
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Sylvia A. Earle
Born 1935
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 0
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Born 1927
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Harriet Tubman
Born c.1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee

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Conversation with Great Women – Sacramento

Conversation with Great Women – Sacramento

The Hall, in association with the McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific, was delighted to host a Conversation with Great Women in Sacramento, California. The Conversation featured...

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Every story we tell, every name we enshrine, every young mind we inspire—it all starts with support from people like you.

Your donation to the National Women’s Hall of Fame helps preserve and share the legacies of American women whose courage, vision, and leadership have transformed our history. From groundbreaking exhibits to educational programs that empower future generations, your gift fuels our mission to honor the past and light the way forward.

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Inductee, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Published in New York Times

In the spirit of the Hall’s Oral History Project is an essay adapted from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s (inducted 2002) forthcoming memoir “My own words.” Her essay offers good reminder of how telling women’s history is American history and how histories, as we honor...

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