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.

Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 Inductee
Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Emily Howell Warner
Born 1939
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
1988 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 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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