National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

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Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Linda Richards
Born 1841
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Kate Millett
Born 1934
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Mary Edwards Walker
Born 1832
Achievements: Philanthropy, Science
2000 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 Inductee
Sylvia A. Earle
Born 1935
Achievements: Science
2000 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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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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