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!

Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Emily Howland
Born 1827
Achievements: Humanities
2021 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Marcia Greenberger
Born 1946
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Loretta C. Ford
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Alice Hamilton
Born 1869
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 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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