National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Georgia O'Keeffe
Born 1887
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Kate Millett
Born 1934
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Born 1927
Achievements: Government
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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