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!

Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Sylvia A. Earle
Born 1935
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Donna de Varona
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, MM
Born 1882
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Antoinette Blackwell
Born 1825
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Indra Nooyi
Born 1955
Achievements: Business
2021 Inductee
Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 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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