National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Elaine Roulet
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Carol A. Mutter
Born 1945
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Nannerl O. Keohane
Born 1940
Achievements: Education
1995 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee

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News & Events

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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