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.

Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Helen LaKelly Hunt
Born 1949
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Born 1910
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Mary Steichen Calderone
Born 1904
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1998 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 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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