National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

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Dorothy H. Andersen
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Antoinette Blackwell
Born 1825
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Emily Howell Warner
Born 1939
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 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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