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.

Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Beatrice A. Hicks
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Charlotte Anne Bunch
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1996 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Georgia O'Keeffe
Born 1887
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee

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Latest Updates

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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2017 Induction Weekend

2017 Induction Weekend

Save the Date! The 2017 National Women's Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place September 15, 16 & 17, 2017 in Seneca Falls, NY. More details to come.

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News & Events

Induction Weekend Experience

By Pam Sherman When we moved to Rochester 15 years ago, my husband told me about this amazing event that takes place every two years in Seneca Falls. The National Women’s Hall of Fame Induction ceremony is all about lessons in both women’s history and women in...

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2017 Inductee Interviews

WXXI News, Aimee Mullins One of the women soon to be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame has been breaking through barriers her entire life. "I can do anything if I set my mind to it, which is a wonderful naiveté,” said Aimee Mullins. “Most people have it...

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Embracing curiosity, facing the world

By Betty Bayer special to the Finger Lakes Times August’s summer light is giving way to September’s fall equinox in the Finger Lakes. It’s a great time to turn attention to all the things that make this world revolve to illuminate different — and sometimes new —...

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