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!

Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 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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