National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

 

 

 

Groups welcome!

Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Born 1947
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
St. Katharine Drexel
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Nannerl O. Keohane
Born 1940
Achievements: Education
1995 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee

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News & Events

National Women’s Hall of Fame announces 2024 Inductees

Ten women will comprise the first class of Inductees to be honored at a nationally broadcast Induction Ceremony in New York City The National Women's Hall of Fame, the nation's first and oldest nonprofit dedicated to honoring distinguished American women, is honored...

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An open letter to our Seneca Falls community

To our cherished Seneca Falls community,   News has broken, and by now you know that the National Women’s Hall of Fame plans to hold the 2024 Induction Ceremony in New York City in March. I knew this venue change would be met with mixed feelings in the community....

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What is a hall of fame?

What is a hall of fame? I asked Google. “A hall of fame is a type of museum where people can see things relating to famous people who are connected with a particular area of activity.” I beg to differ. Here’s why. The National Women’s Hall of Fame recognizes women who...

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Why Do We Need A National Women’s Hall of Fame?

In 1969, Shirley Hartley was horrified to learn that less than 10% of the honorees in the Hall of Great Americans were women. This revelation ignited a movement to create a National Women's Hall of Fame that honors women whose contributions span the arts, athletics,...

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