National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Mary Steichen Calderone
Born 1904
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1998 Inductee
Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Philippa Marrack
Born 1945
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Born 1815
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Sojourner Truth
Born c.1797
Achievements: Humanities
1981 Inductee
Beatrice A. Hicks
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Billie Jean King
Born 1943
Achievements: Athletics
1990 Inductee
Julie Krone
Born 1963
Achievements: Athletics
2013 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee

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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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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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