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.

Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Julie Krone
Born 1963
Achievements: Athletics
2013 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Dorothy H. Andersen
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: 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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