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.

Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Loretta C. Ford
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Sylvia A. Earle
Born 1935
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Born 1927
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 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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