National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

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Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Lydia Moss Bradley
Born 1816
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Carol A. Mutter
Born 1945
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Ethel Percy Andrus
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Born 1927
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Dolores Huerta
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 Inductee
Linda Richards
Born 1841
Achievements: Science
1994 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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