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!

Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Donna de Varona
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Lydia Moss Bradley
Born 1816
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Juliette Gordon Low
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1979 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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