National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

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Nicole Malachowski
Born 1974
Achievements: Government
2019 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
St. Katharine Drexel
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Susette La Flesche
Born 1854
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Antoinette Blackwell
Born 1825
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Mother Marianne Cope
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Born 1878
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Mary Lyon
Born 1797
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
Marcia Greenberger
Born 1946
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 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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