National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Billie Jean King
Born 1943
Achievements: Athletics
1990 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Born 1815
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Harriet Tubman
Born c.1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Loretta C. Ford
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee

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News & Events

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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NWHF Curator and Educator Speaking in Chicago

NWHF Curator and Educator Abigail Glogower will be in Chicago this week presenting at a pre-conference meeting of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Entitled Information and Artifactual Literacies: Engaging Minds in Libraries and...

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NWHF Welcomes New Museum Curator and Educator

  The National Women’s Hall of Fame welcomes Abigail Glogower as Museum Curator and Educator. “We are delighted to have Abby join our Hall staff,” says Jeanne Giovannini, president of the Hall board. She adds: “Abby’s excellent educational credentials, relevant...

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Mother’s Day 2016 Honorees

Congratulations! We are delighted to honor these special women who have inspired, loved and made us and our little corner of the world a better place. Alicia C. Arn Kathleen Bancroft (In Memory) Jo Bero Agnes Bonafiglia Dr. Gloria Cohen Mrs. Delia F. Comer (In Memory)...

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