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.

Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Felice N. Schwartz
Born 1925
Achievements: Business
1998 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Susette La Flesche
Born 1854
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Helen LaKelly Hunt
Born 1949
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 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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