National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Susette La Flesche
Born 1854
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
1988 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Emily Howell Warner
Born 1939
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Lydia Moss Bradley
Born 1816
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Born 1927
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 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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