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.

Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Eileen Collins
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Loretta C. Ford
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Mia Hamm
Born 1972
Achievements: Athletics
2021 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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