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.

Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Harriet Tubman
Born c.1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Born 1947
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Nannerl O. Keohane
Born 1940
Achievements: Education
1995 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Dorothy H. Andersen
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Ethel Percy Andrus
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Allucquére Rosanne Stone
Born 1936
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2024 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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