National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

 

Note: The Hall will be closed for an event on 9/27/25

 

Groups welcome!

Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Muriel Siebert
Born 1928
Achievements: Business
1994 Inductee
Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 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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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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