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.

Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Harriet Tubman
Born c.1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Alice Evans
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Amelia Bloomer
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Felice N. Schwartz
Born 1925
Achievements: Business
1998 Inductee
Ethel Percy Andrus
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 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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