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.

Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Madeleine Korbel Albright
Born 1937
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Linda Richards
Born 1841
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Mary Lyon
Born 1797
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Antonia Novello
Born 1944
Achievements: Government, Science
1994 Inductee
Carol A. Mutter
Born 1945
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Gloria Allred
Born 1941
Achievements: Business, Government
2019 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 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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