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!

Emily Howland
Born 1827
Achievements: Humanities
2021 Inductee
Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Muriel Siebert
Born 1928
Achievements: Business
1994 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Linda Richards
Born 1841
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Indra Nooyi
Born 1955
Achievements: Business
2021 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Helen Keller
Born 1880
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 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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