National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

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(Closed Sunday and Monday)

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Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Georgia O'Keeffe
Born 1887
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Carol A. Mutter
Born 1945
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Gloria Allred
Born 1941
Achievements: Business, Government
2019 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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