National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Charlotte Anne Bunch
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1996 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Antoinette Blackwell
Born 1825
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Emily Howell Warner
Born 1939
Achievements: Science
2001 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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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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