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!

Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Jane Cunningham Croly
Born 1829
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Antoinette Blackwell
Born 1825
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 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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