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.

Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Dolores Huerta
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Madeleine Korbel Albright
Born 1937
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
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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