National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Nicole Malachowski
Born 1974
Achievements: Government
2019 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Madeleine Korbel Albright
Born 1937
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Gloria Allred
Born 1941
Achievements: Business, Government
2019 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 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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