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!

Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Sylvia A. Earle
Born 1935
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Mary Edwards Walker
Born 1832
Achievements: Philanthropy, Science
2000 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Linda Richards
Born 1841
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Jane Cunningham Croly
Born 1829
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Emma Smith DeVoe
Born 1848
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Lydia Moss Bradley
Born 1816
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 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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