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!

Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Loretta C. Ford
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Helen LaKelly Hunt
Born 1949
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Eileen Collins
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Amelia Earhart
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Beatrice A. Hicks
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Charlotte Anne Bunch
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1996 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 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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