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.

Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Rosa Parks
Born 1913
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 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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