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.

Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Madeleine Korbel Albright
Born 1937
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Tenley Albright
Born 1935
Achievements: Athletics, Science
2015 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Born 1927
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee

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News & Events

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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Giving Tuesday Now Contest

Hey kids—have you ever thought about which one of our Inductees inspires you the most? It's so hard to choose just one! We would like you to write an essay or draw a picture of an Inductee who inspires you and describe why she is inspiring. To participate, use one of...

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