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!

Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Marcia Greenberger
Born 1946
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Fannie Lou Hamer
Born 1917
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Julie Krone
Born 1963
Achievements: Athletics
2013 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Helen Keller
Born 1880
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Donna de Varona
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Mary Steichen Calderone
Born 1904
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1998 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
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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