National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

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Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Donna de Varona
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Julie Krone
Born 1963
Achievements: Athletics
2013 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Harriet Tubman
Born c.1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 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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