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
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Emma Smith DeVoe
Born 1848
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Born 1947
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Emily Howell Warner
Born 1939
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Helen Keller
Born 1880
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 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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