National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

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Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 0
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 Inductee
Gloria Allred
Born 1941
Achievements: Business, Government
2019 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Georgia O'Keeffe
Born 1887
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee

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News & Events

National Women’s Hall of Fame Announces 2017 Inductees

Invitation to NWHF Inductee announcement Jan. 31,  2017 Contact: Betty M. Bayer, National Women's Hall of Fame (315) 568-8060 Dear Members of the Press and Media, The National Women's Hall of Fame will announce its 2017 inductees at a press event on Tuesday, February...

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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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