National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Fannie Lou Hamer
Born 1917
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, MM
Born 1882
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Lydia Moss Bradley
Born 1816
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 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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