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.

Mary Steichen Calderone
Born 1904
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1998 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Loretta C. Ford
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Julie Krone
Born 1963
Achievements: Athletics
2013 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Lucy Stone
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1986 Inductee
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Born 1927
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Alice Hamilton
Born 1869
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Philippa Marrack
Born 1945
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 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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