National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 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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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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