National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

 

Note: The Hall will be closed for an event on 9/27/25

 

Groups welcome!

Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Tenley Albright
Born 1935
Achievements: Athletics, Science
2015 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Linda Richards
Born 1841
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Emily Howland
Born 1827
Achievements: Humanities
2021 Inductee
Julie Krone
Born 1963
Achievements: Athletics
2013 Inductee
Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 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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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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