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!

Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Born 1910
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Tenley Albright
Born 1935
Achievements: Athletics, Science
2015 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Antoinette Blackwell
Born 1825
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 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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