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!

Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Winona LaDuke
Born 1959
Achievements: Humanities
2007 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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