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.

Fannie Lou Hamer
Born 1917
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Beatrice A. Hicks
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, MM
Born 1882
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 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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