National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

 

The National Women’s Hall of Fame will be OPEN July 5th from 1 – 6 pm and CLOSED July 5th.

Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Muriel Siebert
Born 1928
Achievements: Business
1994 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Nicole Malachowski
Born 1974
Achievements: Government
2019 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 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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