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.

Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Emily Howell Warner
Born 1939
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Carol A. Mutter
Born 1945
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Lucy Stone
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1986 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Alice Paul
Born 1885
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 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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