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 Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Ethel Percy Andrus
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Helen Keller
Born 1880
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 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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