National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Alice Paul
Born 1885
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Philippa Marrack
Born 1945
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Jane Cunningham Croly
Born 1829
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Tenley Albright
Born 1935
Achievements: Athletics, Science
2015 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Linda Richards
Born 1841
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee

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Conversation with Great Women – Sacramento

Conversation with Great Women – Sacramento

The Hall, in association with the McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific, was delighted to host a Conversation with Great Women in Sacramento, California. The Conversation featured...

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Every story we tell, every name we enshrine, every young mind we inspire—it all starts with support from people like you.

Your donation to the National Women’s Hall of Fame helps preserve and share the legacies of American women whose courage, vision, and leadership have transformed our history. From groundbreaking exhibits to educational programs that empower future generations, your gift fuels our mission to honor the past and light the way forward.

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Inductee, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Published in New York Times

In the spirit of the Hall’s Oral History Project is an essay adapted from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s (inducted 2002) forthcoming memoir “My own words.” Her essay offers good reminder of how telling women’s history is American history and how histories, as we honor...

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NWHF Featured in Media Coverage of Seneca Falls

The recent Democratic Party presidential nomination of 2005 inductee Hillary Clinton, has brought Seneca Falls and the National Women's Hall of Fame into both the local and national media spotlights! Below are links to some recent interviews and news stories featuring...

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