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.

Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Alice Hamilton
Born 1869
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Muriel Siebert
Born 1928
Achievements: Business
1994 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Alice Paul
Born 1885
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 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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