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.

Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Dorothy H. Andersen
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 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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