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.

Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Tenley Albright
Born 1935
Achievements: Athletics, Science
2015 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Amelia Bloomer
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
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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