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!

Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Tenley Albright
Born 1935
Achievements: Athletics, Science
2015 Inductee
Mary Lyon
Born 1797
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Born 1910
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
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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