National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

 

Note: The Hall will be closed for an event on 9/27/25

 

Groups welcome!

Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Jane Cunningham Croly
Born 1829
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Alice Hamilton
Born 1869
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Carol A. Mutter
Born 1945
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Born 1910
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Nannerl O. Keohane
Born 1940
Achievements: Education
1995 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Loretta C. Ford
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee

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Latest Updates

Our current location is closing!

Thank you to all who helped make Induction 2019 a success! We are pleased to announce that National Women’s Hall of Fame will be closing our current location at the end of October. We will reopen at...

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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

Letter from the ED: Dreaming Big in 2022

Dear friends, The beginning of a new year is a time for reflection, renewal, and rejuvenation.  It’s also a time to DREAM BIG about how the next 12 months can transform our lives – be that a result of achieving personal goals, organizational goals, or a combination of...

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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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