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!

Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
1988 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Alice Evans
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 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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News & Events

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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