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!

Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Lydia Moss Bradley
Born 1816
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Kate Mullany
Born 1845
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 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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