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!

Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Born 1905
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Mildred Robbins Leet
Born 1922
Achievements: Philanthropy
2003 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Kate Stoneman
Born 1841
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Mary Lyon
Born 1797
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 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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