National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

 

The National Women’s Hall of Fame will be OPEN July 5th from 1 – 6 pm and CLOSED July 5th.

Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Mary Barret Dyer
Born 0
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Sarah Grimké
Born 1792
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 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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