National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Loretta C. Ford
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Indra Nooyi
Born 1955
Achievements: Business
2021 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Nannerl O. Keohane
Born 1940
Achievements: Education
1995 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 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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