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.

Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Nannerl O. Keohane
Born 1940
Achievements: Education
1995 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Felice N. Schwartz
Born 1925
Achievements: Business
1998 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Kate Mullany
Born 1845
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 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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