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!

Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Nicole Malachowski
Born 1974
Achievements: Government
2019 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Harriet Tubman
Born c.1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 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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