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.

Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Mary Steichen Calderone
Born 1904
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1998 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Charlotte Anne Bunch
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1996 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Ethel Percy Andrus
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Elaine Roulet
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Philippa Marrack
Born 1945
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
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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