National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome!

 

 

 

Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Sylvia A. Earle
Born 1935
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Mary Edwards Walker
Born 1832
Achievements: Philanthropy, Science
2000 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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