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.

Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Emma Smith DeVoe
Born 1848
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Dorothy H. Andersen
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 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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