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!

St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mildred Robbins Leet
Born 1922
Achievements: Philanthropy
2003 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Eileen Collins
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Ethel Percy Andrus
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee

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