National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

 

The National Women’s Hall of Fame will be OPEN July 5th from 1 – 6 pm and CLOSED July 5th.

Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Marcia Greenberger
Born 1946
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Fannie Lou Hamer
Born 1917
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Jane Cunningham Croly
Born 1829
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Julie Krone
Born 1963
Achievements: Athletics
2013 Inductee
Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Alice Paul
Born 1885
Achievements: Humanities
1979 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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NWHF Welcomes New Museum Curator and Educator

  The National Women’s Hall of Fame welcomes Abigail Glogower as Museum Curator and Educator. “We are delighted to have Abby join our Hall staff,” says Jeanne Giovannini, president of the Hall board. She adds: “Abby’s excellent educational credentials, relevant...

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