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!

Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Emma Smith DeVoe
Born 1848
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Muriel Siebert
Born 1928
Achievements: Business
1994 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee

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