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!

Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
1988 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Harriet Tubman
Born c.1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Born 1927
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee

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News & Events

What is the Role of PR in the Fight for Women’s Rights?

This Friday, March 14th at 6:30pm, join us at the National Women's Hall of Fame! You'll hear an insightful discussion on the power of public relations in advancing women’s rights. Led by PR expert Arien Rozelle from Syracuse University Newhouse School of Public...

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Celebrate International Women’s Day at the Hall!

📅 Saturday, March 8th, 6:30 PM 📍 The Hall – Now Reopening for the 2025 Season! Join us for a special evening featuring Dr. Antonia Novello, the first woman and first Hispanic Surgeon General of the United States (inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in...

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