National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Susette La Flesche
Born 1854
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Nicole Malachowski
Born 1974
Achievements: Government
2019 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Ethel Percy Andrus
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Mary Lyon
Born 1797
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Fannie Lou Hamer
Born 1917
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee

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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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