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.

Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Alice Evans
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Born 1815
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Billie Jean King
Born 1943
Achievements: Athletics
1990 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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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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