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!

Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Marcia Greenberger
Born 1946
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Charlotte Anne Bunch
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1996 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Donna de Varona
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Lucy Stone
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1986 Inductee
Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 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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