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!

Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Georgia O'Keeffe
Born 1887
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Rosa Parks
Born 1913
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 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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