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!

Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Mia Hamm
Born 1972
Achievements: Athletics
2021 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Tenley Albright
Born 1935
Achievements: Athletics, Science
2015 Inductee
Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Ethel Percy Andrus
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Antoinette Blackwell
Born 1825
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Lucy Stone
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1986 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Mildred Robbins Leet
Born 1922
Achievements: Philanthropy
2003 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Susette La Flesche
Born 1854
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Antonia Novello
Born 1944
Achievements: Government, Science
1994 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 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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Join the 175th Anniversary Relay!

2023 marks the 175th anniversary of the first women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, NY. To celebrate, the National Women's Hall of Fame is partnering with six organizations in in the area to host a 175 mile relay connecting important historical locations!...

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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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