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.

Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Charlotte Anne Bunch
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1996 Inductee
Mary Edwards Walker
Born 1832
Achievements: Philanthropy, Science
2000 Inductee
Alice Evans
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Alice Paul
Born 1885
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Eileen Collins
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 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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Every story we tell, every name we enshrine, every young mind we inspire—it all starts with support from people like you.

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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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