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!

Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Harriet Tubman
Born c.1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, MM
Born 1882
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Sylvia A. Earle
Born 1935
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 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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