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!

Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Antonia Novello
Born 1944
Achievements: Government, Science
1994 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Elaine Roulet
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Kate Mullany
Born 1845
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Emma Smith DeVoe
Born 1848
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 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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