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.

Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Mia Hamm
Born 1972
Achievements: Athletics
2021 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee

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Introducing the 2017 NWHF Inductees

The Honorable Matilda Raffa Cuomo (1931-   ) A dedicated advocate for women, children and families, Matilda Raffa Cuomo has lead state, national and international initiatives that heightened...

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The Hall Mourns Congresswoman Louise Slaughter

1929-2018 Long-time friend and colleague of National Women’s Hall of Fame, Louise Slaughter will long be remembered and honored for her steady and true leadership. In Louise Slaughter we have a woman whose leadership stood on the ground of history while shaping a more...

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