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.

Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Harriet Tubman
Born c.1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Lucy Stone
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1986 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee

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Conversation with Great Women – Sacramento

Conversation with Great Women – Sacramento

The Hall, in association with the McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific, was delighted to host a Conversation with Great Women in Sacramento, California. The Conversation featured...

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Help Us Honor the Women Who Shape Our World

Every story we tell, every name we enshrine, every young mind we inspire—it all starts with support from people like you.

Your donation to the National Women’s Hall of Fame helps preserve and share the legacies of American women whose courage, vision, and leadership have transformed our history. From groundbreaking exhibits to educational programs that empower future generations, your gift fuels our mission to honor the past and light the way forward.

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News & Events

2017 Induction Weekend

Save the Date! The 2017 National Women's Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place September 15, 16 & 17, 2017 in Seneca Falls, NY. More details to come.

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Inductee, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Published in New York Times

In the spirit of the Hall’s Oral History Project is an essay adapted from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s (inducted 2002) forthcoming memoir “My own words.” Her essay offers good reminder of how telling women’s history is American history and how histories, as we honor...

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