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.

Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Harriet Tubman
Born c.1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Kate Mullany
Born 1845
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Juliette Gordon Low
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Born 1910
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
St. Katharine Drexel
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 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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