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
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
St. Katharine Drexel
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Lydia Moss Bradley
Born 1816
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Rosa Parks
Born 1913
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee

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Letter from the ED: Taking Time to Absorb Hope

Margaret Sánchez turned off her TV for two days following the National Women’s Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. She wanted time to “absorb the hope.”    I can’t imagine a higher compliment for the...

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Letter from the ED: Uplifting Women’s Voices

This isn’t the start to the “In Her Words” message I intended to write. This week marks my one year anniversary with the National Women’s Hall of Fame and my first draft began with a reflection from...

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In Her Words: My Mother’s Story Is My Story

Our staff regularly hears from people who learn about the achievements of one of our Inductees and exclaim, “How did I not know about this person before now?”  Of course, we know the answer.  Women have been left out of the history books. Their contributions were not...

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