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.

Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Alice Hamilton
Born 1869
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Alice Paul
Born 1885
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Emily Howell Warner
Born 1939
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Felice N. Schwartz
Born 1925
Achievements: Business
1998 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 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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