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.

Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Mary Steichen Calderone
Born 1904
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1998 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, MM
Born 1882
Achievements: Humanities
2013 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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