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!

Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Born 1947
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Billie Holiday
Born 1915
Achievements: Arts
2011 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Aretha Franklin
Born 1942
Achievements: Arts
2020 Inductee
Philippa Marrack
Born 1945
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 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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