National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

*Please note, the Hall will be closed on 9/24 as staff prepares for the Induction Ceremony

 

We look forward to welcoming visitors and are planning more stories, exhibits, and moments worth celebrating.

Thank you for being part of our community!

 

Groups welcome!

Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune Inductee Photo
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 Inductee
Jane Cunningham Croly
Born 1829
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Born 1910
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
A photo of Angela Davis
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Alice Paul
Born 1885
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee

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A few exhibits at the National Women's Hall of Fame

News & Events

NWHOF Awarded $93,000 NYSCA Grant

National Women's Hall of Fame Awarded $93,000 NYSCA Grant to Support Next Phase of Historic Museum Space Renovation State funding supports planning for expanded museum, educational, and public programming space at the Hall's historic Seneca Knitting Mill home SENECA...

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Brave Women Week

https://www.fingerlakestravelny.com/brave-women-flx/events/brave-women-week/ Check back here for featured events at The Hall during Brave Women Week March 1 - 8th!

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