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!

Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Dolores Huerta
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Kate Millett
Born 1934
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 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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