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.

Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Lucy Stone
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1986 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 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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