National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

 

The National Women’s Hall of Fame will be OPEN July 5th from 1 – 6 pm and CLOSED July 5th.

Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Lydia Moss Bradley
Born 1816
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Ethel Percy Andrus
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 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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NWHF Welcomes New Museum Curator and Educator

  The National Women’s Hall of Fame welcomes Abigail Glogower as Museum Curator and Educator. “We are delighted to have Abby join our Hall staff,” says Jeanne Giovannini, president of the Hall board. She adds: “Abby’s excellent educational credentials, relevant...

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