National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome!

 

 

 

Alice Paul
Born 1885
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Allucquére Rosanne Stone
Born 1936
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Alice Evans
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Sylvia A. Earle
Born 1935
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee

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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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