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!

Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Charlotte Anne Bunch
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1996 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Dolores Huerta
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Dorothy H. Andersen
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 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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