National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

 

The National Women’s Hall of Fame will be OPEN July 5th from 1 – 6 pm and CLOSED July 5th.

Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Loretta C. Ford
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Nannerl O. Keohane
Born 1940
Achievements: Education
1995 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 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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News & Events

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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What is the Role of PR in the Fight for Women’s Rights?

This Friday, March 14th at 6:30pm, join us at the National Women's Hall of Fame! You'll hear an insightful discussion on the power of public relations in advancing women’s rights. Led by PR expert Arien Rozelle from Syracuse University Newhouse School of Public...

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Celebrate International Women’s Day at the Hall!

📅 Saturday, March 8th, 6:30 PM 📍 The Hall – Now Reopening for the 2025 Season! Join us for a special evening featuring Dr. Antonia Novello, the first woman and first Hispanic Surgeon General of the United States (inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in...

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