National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Florence B. Seibert
Born 1897
Achievements: Science
1990 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Kate Millett
Born 1934
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Mary Steichen Calderone
Born 1904
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1998 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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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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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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