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!

Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Dorothy H. Andersen
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Julie Krone
Born 1963
Achievements: Athletics
2013 Inductee
Elaine Roulet
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, MM
Born 1882
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Nicole Malachowski
Born 1974
Achievements: Government
2019 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 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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