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!

Dorothy H. Andersen
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Nicole Malachowski
Born 1974
Achievements: Government
2019 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 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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