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!

Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Muriel Siebert
Born 1928
Achievements: Business
1994 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 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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