National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

 

Note: The Hall will be closed for an event on 9/27/25

 

Groups welcome!

Charlotte Anne Bunch
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1996 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Juliette Gordon Low
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee

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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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NWHF Curator and Educator Speaking in Chicago

NWHF Curator and Educator Abigail Glogower will be in Chicago this week presenting at a pre-conference meeting of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Entitled Information and Artifactual Literacies: Engaging Minds in Libraries and...

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