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!

Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Georgia O'Keeffe
Born 1887
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Loretta C. Ford
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Indra Nooyi
Born 1955
Achievements: Business
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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