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!

Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Mary Steichen Calderone
Born 1904
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1998 Inductee
Elaine Roulet
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Born 1815
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Juliette Gordon Low
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
St. Katharine Drexel
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee

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News & Events

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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