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!

Beatrice A. Hicks
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Billie Jean King
Born 1943
Achievements: Athletics
1990 Inductee
Alice Hamilton
Born 1869
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Born 1947
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Emily Howell Warner
Born 1939
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Allucquére Rosanne Stone
Born 1936
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 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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