National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Gloria Allred
Born 1941
Achievements: Business, Government
2019 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Nicole Malachowski
Born 1974
Achievements: Government
2019 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Sandra Day O'Connor
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Mia Hamm
Born 1972
Achievements: Athletics
2021 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee

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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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Letter from the ED: Every month is Women’s History Month

Dear Friends,  March is Women’s History Month. Black History Month (February), Asian American Heritage Month (May), Pride Month (June), Native American Heritage Month (November) are but a few of the other occasions we have to honor people and communities who have been...

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