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!

Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, MM
Born 1882
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Emily Howland
Born 1827
Achievements: Humanities
2021 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Muriel Siebert
Born 1928
Achievements: Business
1994 Inductee
Fannie Lou Hamer
Born 1917
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Juliette Gordon Low
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Marcia Greenberger
Born 1946
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 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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