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!

Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Marcia Greenberger
Born 1946
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Juliette Gordon Low
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 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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