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.

Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Helen LaKelly Hunt
Born 1949
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Born 1815
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Mildred Robbins Leet
Born 1922
Achievements: Philanthropy
2003 Inductee
Harriet Tubman
Born c.1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Sylvia A. Earle
Born 1935
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 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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