National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome!

 

 

 

Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Mary Steichen Calderone
Born 1904
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1998 Inductee
Mildred Robbins Leet
Born 1922
Achievements: Philanthropy
2003 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Susan Kelly-Dreiss
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Emily Howland
Born 1827
Achievements: Humanities
2021 Inductee
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Anne Hutchinson
Born 1591
Achievements: Humanities
1994 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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