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!

Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Beatrice A. Hicks
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Born 1815
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, MM
Born 1882
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Amelia Bloomer
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 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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