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!

Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Helen LaKelly Hunt
Born 1949
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Mary Lyon
Born 1797
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, MM
Born 1882
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee

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Latest Updates

NWHF Welcomes New Museum Curator and Educator

NWHF Welcomes New Museum Curator and Educator

  The National Women’s Hall of Fame welcomes Abigail Glogower as Museum Curator and Educator. “We are delighted to have Abby join our Hall staff,” says Jeanne Giovannini, president of the Hall...

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Mother’s Day 2016 Honorees

Mother’s Day 2016 Honorees

Congratulations! We are delighted to honor these special women who have inspired, loved and made us and our little corner of the world a better place. Alicia C. Arn Kathleen Bancroft (In Memory) Jo...

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News & Events

Walls coming down at former Seneca Knitting Mill

By David L. Shaw on May 29, 2017, Finger Lakes Times SENECA FALLS — Demolition of former Seneca Knitting Mill structures on both sides of the limestone building that will be the new home of the National Women’s Hall of Fame is scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday. Crews from...

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A SmART Event to Benefit the National Women’s Hall of Fame

Please join us for a SmART event to benefit the National Women’s Hall of Fame. Visit the truly unique Artisan Works Gallery and studios, enjoy hors d’oeuvres and drinks, hear Monroe County historian discuss historical perspecitives of notable Rochester-area women, and...

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