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.

Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Kate Millett
Born 1934
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Loretta C. Ford
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Ethel Percy Andrus
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Rosa Parks
Born 1913
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 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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