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.

Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Helen Keller
Born 1880
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Philippa Marrack
Born 1945
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Kate Mullany
Born 1845
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 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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