National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

 

The National Women’s Hall of Fame will be OPEN July 5th from 1 – 6 pm and CLOSED July 5th.

Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Mildred Robbins Leet
Born 1922
Achievements: Philanthropy
2003 Inductee
Eileen Collins
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Elaine Roulet
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Mary Edwards Walker
Born 1832
Achievements: Philanthropy, Science
2000 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee

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Ginny Ryan: The Keeper of the Flame

A third grade assignment to tell the story of someone else’s life was all it took to hook Ginny Ryan on reporting. At Cardinal Mooney High School and at Buffalo State College, she wrote for the...

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News & Events

National Women’s Hall of Fame appoints Executive Director

National Women’s Hall of Fame appoints Executive Director in advance of 2021 Induction The National Women’s Hall of Fame is pleased to announce Jennifer Gabriel as Executive Director. This successful hire concludes the Hall’s six-month national search for this...

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The Board and staff at the NWHF are saddened to announce that 2011 Inductee Helen Murry Free has passed away at the age of 98. She was a pioneering chemist who worked alongside her husband to revolutionize diagnostic testing in the laboratory and at home. Together,...

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Wilhelmina Cole Holladay

The National Women’s Hall of Fame is saddened and heartbroken about the passing of 1996 NWHF Inductee, Wilhelmina Cole Holladay. Holladay founded and established The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA). Opened in 1987, the museum promotes a greater awareness...

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