National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Mia Hamm
Born 1972
Achievements: Athletics
2021 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Rosa Parks
Born 1913
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Mary Edwards Walker
Born 1832
Achievements: Philanthropy, Science
2000 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Helen LaKelly Hunt
Born 1949
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee

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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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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...

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News & Events

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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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...

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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...

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