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.

Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Lydia Moss Bradley
Born 1816
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Elaine Roulet
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Born 1927
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Amelia Bloomer
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Nannerl O. Keohane
Born 1940
Achievements: Education
1995 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 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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