National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Harriet Tubman
Born c.1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Kate Millett
Born 1934
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 0
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee

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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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Letter from the ED: Dreaming Big in 2022

Dear friends, The beginning of a new year is a time for reflection, renewal, and rejuvenation.  It’s also a time to DREAM BIG about how the next 12 months can transform our lives – be that a result...

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The Board and staff at the NWHF are saddened to announce that 2011 Inductee Helen Murry Free has passed away at the age of 98. She was a pioneering chemist who worked alongside her husband to...

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Wilhelmina Cole Holladay

The National Women’s Hall of Fame is saddened and heartbroken about the passing of 1996 NWHF Inductee, Wilhelmina Cole Holladay. Holladay founded and established The National Museum of Women in the...

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News & Events

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 National Women’s Hall of Fame and its mission. At our core, we exist to...

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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 last summer.   Then last Friday, I suffered an injury at home. I’ll...

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