National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Eileen Collins
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 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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