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!

Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Billie Jean King
Born 1943
Achievements: Athletics
1990 Inductee
Beatrice A. Hicks
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Alice Evans
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Nannerl O. Keohane
Born 1940
Achievements: Education
1995 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 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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