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!

Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Born 1910
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Rosa Parks
Born 1913
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Mary Edwards Walker
Born 1832
Achievements: Philanthropy, Science
2000 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Lydia Moss Bradley
Born 1816
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee

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