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.

Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Juliette Gordon Low
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Mary Edwards Walker
Born 1832
Achievements: Philanthropy, Science
2000 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
Jane Cunningham Croly
Born 1829
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, MM
Born 1882
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Loretta C. Ford
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Georgia O'Keeffe
Born 1887
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 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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