National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Alice Paul
Born 1885
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Ethel Percy Andrus
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Allucquére Rosanne Stone
Born 1936
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Carol A. Mutter
Born 1945
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Mary Edwards Walker
Born 1832
Achievements: Philanthropy, Science
2000 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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