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.

Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Kate Millett
Born 1934
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Mary Lyon
Born 1797
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Mary Edwards Walker
Born 1832
Achievements: Philanthropy, Science
2000 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 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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