National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome!

 

 

 

Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Dorothy H. Andersen
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Donna de Varona
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee

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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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