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!

Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Born 1927
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 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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