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.

Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
St. Katharine Drexel
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Dorothy H. Andersen
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Mildred Robbins Leet
Born 1922
Achievements: Philanthropy
2003 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Harriet Tubman
Born c.1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Linda Richards
Born 1841
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
1988 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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