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!

Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Julie Krone
Born 1963
Achievements: Athletics
2013 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Jane Addams
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Juliette Gordon Low
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Dorothy H. Andersen
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Lydia Moss Bradley
Born 1816
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 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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