National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

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(Closed Sunday and Monday)

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Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Fannie Lou Hamer
Born 1917
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Georgia O'Keeffe
Born 1887
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Julie Krone
Born 1963
Achievements: Athletics
2013 Inductee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Dolores Huerta
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 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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