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!

Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Kate Mullany
Born 1845
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Born 1815
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Madeleine Korbel Albright
Born 1937
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Nannerl O. Keohane
Born 1940
Achievements: Education
1995 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 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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