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!

Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Lilly Ledbetter
Born 1938
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Helen Keller
Born 1880
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Felice N. Schwartz
Born 1925
Achievements: Business
1998 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Mary Lyon
Born 1797
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 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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