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.

Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Georgia O'Keeffe
Born 1887
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Mia Hamm
Born 1972
Achievements: Athletics
2021 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Allucquére Rosanne Stone
Born 1936
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Julie Krone
Born 1963
Achievements: Athletics
2013 Inductee
Dolores Huerta
Born 1930
Achievements: 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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