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!

Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Born 1910
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Allucquére Rosanne Stone
Born 1936
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
1988 Inductee
Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Indra Nooyi
Born 1955
Achievements: Business
2021 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee

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Celebrate 1995 Inductee, Amelia Bloomer

Celebrate 1995 Inductee, Amelia Bloomer

The Hall is excited to invite visitors to meet author Sara Catterall this Friday 3/28! Her book about 1995 Hall Inductee Amelia Bloomer is "a fascinating look at an underappreciated woman in...

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Lace Up for a Cause: Join the 2025 Right to Run 5k/19k!

Exciting news: The 2025 Right to Run 5k/19k is happening May 10th in Seneca Falls, and you can also participate virtually through May 31st – from anywhere in the U.S.! 👉 Sign up for the race today This year, we’re thrilled to announce that the race will start and...

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Celebrate 1995 Inductee, Amelia Bloomer

The Hall is excited to invite visitors to meet author Sara Catterall this Friday 3/28! Her book about 1995 Hall Inductee Amelia Bloomer is "a fascinating look at an underappreciated woman in American history whose newspaper fostered a national conversation on women’s...

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