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.

Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Carol A. Mutter
Born 1945
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Felice N. Schwartz
Born 1925
Achievements: Business
1998 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 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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