National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

 

Note: The Hall will be closed for an event on 9/27/25

 

Groups welcome!

Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Nicole Malachowski
Born 1974
Achievements: Government
2019 Inductee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Gloria Allred
Born 1941
Achievements: Business, Government
2019 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Lydia Moss Bradley
Born 1816
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 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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