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.

Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Carol A. Mutter
Born 1945
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Harriet Tubman
Born c.1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Muriel Siebert
Born 1928
Achievements: Business
1994 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 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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