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!

Kate Mullany
Born 1845
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Born 1947
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 Inductee
Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Dorothy H. Andersen
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Gloria Allred
Born 1941
Achievements: Business, Government
2019 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
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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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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