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!

Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Emily Howland
Born 1827
Achievements: Humanities
2021 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, MM
Born 1882
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Lucy Stone
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1986 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 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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