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!

Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Madeleine Korbel Albright
Born 1937
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Julie Krone
Born 1963
Achievements: Athletics
2013 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Antoinette Blackwell
Born 1825
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 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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