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.

Tenley Albright
Born 1935
Achievements: Athletics, Science
2015 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Rosa Parks
Born 1913
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Lucy Stone
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1986 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
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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