National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

 

Note: The Hall will be closed for an event on 9/27/25

 

Groups welcome!

Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Charlotte Anne Bunch
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1996 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Rosa Parks
Born 1913
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Nannerl O. Keohane
Born 1940
Achievements: Education
1995 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Susette La Flesche
Born 1854
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee

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Latest Updates

Our current location is closing!

Thank you to all who helped make Induction 2019 a success! We are pleased to announce that National Women’s Hall of Fame will be closing our current location at the end of October. We will reopen at...

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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

Letter from the ED: Dreaming Big in 2022

Dear friends, The beginning of a new year is a time for reflection, renewal, and rejuvenation.  It’s also a time to DREAM BIG about how the next 12 months can transform our lives – be that a result of achieving personal goals, organizational goals, or a combination of...

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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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