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!

Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Loretta C. Ford
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Georgia O'Keeffe
Born 1887
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Ethel Percy Andrus
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Alice Hamilton
Born 1869
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Emma Smith DeVoe
Born 1848
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee

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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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