National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

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11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

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Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Ida Tarbell
Born 1857
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Alice Hamilton
Born 1869
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Mildred Robbins Leet
Born 1922
Achievements: Philanthropy
2003 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Beatrice A. Hicks
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Mia Hamm
Born 1972
Achievements: Athletics
2021 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee

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Letter from the ED: Taking Time to Absorb Hope

Margaret Sánchez turned off her TV for two days following the National Women’s Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. She wanted time to “absorb the hope.”    I can’t imagine a higher compliment for the...

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Letter from the ED: Uplifting Women’s Voices

This isn’t the start to the “In Her Words” message I intended to write. This week marks my one year anniversary with the National Women’s Hall of Fame and my first draft began with a reflection from...

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Passing of 1998 Inductee Madeleine Albright

Passing of 1998 Inductee Madeleine Albright

The National Women’s Hall of Fame is saddened to learn of the passing of 1998 Inductee Madeleine Korbel Albright. “As a refugee whose family fled first from the Nazis and later from the Communists,...

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