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.

Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Linda Richards
Born 1841
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Kate Mullany
Born 1845
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Helen Keller
Born 1880
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 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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