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National Women’s Hall of Fame appoints Executive Director
National Women’s Hall of Fame appoints Executive Director in advance of 2021 Induction The National Women’s Hall of Fame is pleased to announce Jennifer Gabriel as Executive Director. This...
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...
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...
Introducing the 2020 National Women’s Hall of Fame Virtual Inductees
Mary Church Terrell (1863 –1954) Mary Church Terrell, born during the Civil War, was one of the most prominent...
Resolute and Persistent: Ginsburg, Wong-Staal, Warner, and Roulet
The National Women’s Hall of Fame is saddened and heartbroken to have lost 2002 Inductee Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18, 2020. She worked tirelessly to eliminate gender-based stereotyping in...
Giving Tuesday Now Contest
Hey kids—have you ever thought about which one of our Inductees inspires you the most? It's so hard to choose just one! We would like you to write an essay or draw a picture of an Inductee who...
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News & Events
National Women’s Hall of Fame to break ground for next stage of work at the historic Seneca Knitting Mill
Seneca Falls, NY–On Wednesday, October 19 at 11 am, the National Women’s Hall of Fame will break ground for the next stage of work at its home at the 1844 Seneca Knitting Mill, 1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls. This stage of renovation will expand usable space, which is...
Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton to keynote the National Women’s Hall of Fame 2022 Induction Ceremony
Hillary Rodham Clinton will join the National Women’s Hall of Fame for its historic 30th Induction Ceremony on September 24 at 2pm at the Smith Opera House in Geneva, NY. Secretary Clinton will provide opening remarks to welcome the new class of nine women who will...
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...
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...
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, Secretary Albright represents the highest ideals and aspirations of...