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.

Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Gloria Allred
Born 1941
Achievements: Business, Government
2019 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Born 1815
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Carol A. Mutter
Born 1945
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Mary Edwards Walker
Born 1832
Achievements: Philanthropy, Science
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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