National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Helen LaKelly Hunt
Born 1949
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Born 1927
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Billie Jean King
Born 1943
Achievements: Athletics
1990 Inductee
Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Alice Hamilton
Born 1869
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Emily Howland
Born 1827
Achievements: Humanities
2021 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 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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