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.

Kate Mullany
Born 1845
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Rosa Parks
Born 1913
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Philippa Marrack
Born 1945
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Mary Steichen Calderone
Born 1904
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1998 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee

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News & Events

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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NWHF Welcomes New Museum Curator and Educator

  The National Women’s Hall of Fame welcomes Abigail Glogower as Museum Curator and Educator. “We are delighted to have Abby join our Hall staff,” says Jeanne Giovannini, president of the Hall board. She adds: “Abby’s excellent educational credentials, relevant...

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