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!

Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Mary Steichen Calderone
Born 1904
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1998 Inductee
Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Eileen Collins
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Antonia Novello
Born 1944
Achievements: Government, Science
1994 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Billie Jean King
Born 1943
Achievements: Athletics
1990 Inductee
Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 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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