National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome!

 

 

 

Patsy Takemoto Mink
Born 1927
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Felice N. Schwartz
Born 1925
Achievements: Business
1998 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, MM
Born 1882
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Ethel Percy Andrus
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Rosa Parks
Born 1913
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Emily Howland
Born 1827
Achievements: Humanities
2021 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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