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!

Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
St. Katharine Drexel
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Nannerl O. Keohane
Born 1940
Achievements: Education
1995 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 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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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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