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.

Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Fannie Lou Hamer
Born 1917
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Marcia Greenberger
Born 1946
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Emma Smith DeVoe
Born 1848
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 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.

Give today. Because every woman’s story deserves to be heard—and remembered.

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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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