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!

Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 Inductee
Mary Lyon
Born 1797
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Mary Baker Eddy
Born 1821
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Emily Howell Warner
Born 1939
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Rosa Parks
Born 1913
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 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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