National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

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Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Marcia Greenberger
Born 1946
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Antoinette Blackwell
Born 1825
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, MM
Born 1882
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Muriel Siebert
Born 1928
Achievements: Business
1994 Inductee
Lucy Stone
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1986 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 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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