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.

Fannie Lou Hamer
Born 1917
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 Inductee
St. Katharine Drexel
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Jane Cunningham Croly
Born 1829
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 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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