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.

Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Emily Howell Warner
Born 1939
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Julie Krone
Born 1963
Achievements: Athletics
2013 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 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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