National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Donna de Varona
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
St. Katharine Drexel
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 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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