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!

Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Gloria Allred
Born 1941
Achievements: Business, Government
2019 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, MM
Born 1882
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Dolores Huerta
Born 1930
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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