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!

Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Mia Hamm
Born 1972
Achievements: Athletics
2021 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 Inductee
Kate Millett
Born 1934
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Harriet Tubman
Born c.1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
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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