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!

Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Alice Hamilton
Born 1869
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Felice N. Schwartz
Born 1925
Achievements: Business
1998 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Tenley Albright
Born 1935
Achievements: Athletics, Science
2015 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Born 1947
Achievements: Government
2005 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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