National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Mary Lyon
Born 1797
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Indra Nooyi
Born 1955
Achievements: Business
2021 Inductee
St. Katharine Drexel
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Susette La Flesche
Born 1854
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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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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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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