National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Juliette Gordon Low
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, MM
Born 1882
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Mary Edwards Walker
Born 1832
Achievements: Philanthropy, Science
2000 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Fannie Lou Hamer
Born 1917
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Allucquére Rosanne Stone
Born 1936
Achievements: Arts, 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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