National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

 

The National Women’s Hall of Fame will be OPEN July 5th from 1 – 6 pm and CLOSED July 5th.

Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Emily Howell Warner
Born 1939
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Nicole Malachowski
Born 1974
Achievements: Government
2019 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Charlotte Anne Bunch
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1996 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 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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In Her Words: My Mother’s Story Is My Story

Our staff regularly hears from people who learn about the achievements of one of our Inductees and exclaim, “How did I not know about this person before now?”  Of course, we know the answer.  Women have been left out of the history books. Their contributions were not...

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