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.

Emily Howland
Born 1827
Achievements: Humanities
2021 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Mildred Robbins Leet
Born 1922
Achievements: Philanthropy
2003 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Lydia Moss Bradley
Born 1816
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Dorothy H. Andersen
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Born 1910
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 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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Help Us Honor the Women Who Shape Our World

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.

Give today. Because every woman’s story deserves to be heard—and remembered.

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News & Events

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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