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!

Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Born 1927
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Kate Mullany
Born 1845
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Marcia Greenberger
Born 1946
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Loretta C. Ford
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2011 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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