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!

Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Emma Smith DeVoe
Born 1848
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 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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