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.

Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Sylvia A. Earle
Born 1935
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
1988 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 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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