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!

Donna de Varona
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Dolores Huerta
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Felice N. Schwartz
Born 1925
Achievements: Business
1998 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Beatrice A. Hicks
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 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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