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!

Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Muriel Siebert
Born 1928
Achievements: Business
1994 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Kate Mullany
Born 1845
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Nicole Malachowski
Born 1974
Achievements: Government
2019 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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