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.

Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Nicole Malachowski
Born 1974
Achievements: Government
2019 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Born 1910
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Rosa Parks
Born 1913
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 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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