National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

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Mary Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
St. Katharine Drexel
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Mildred Robbins Leet
Born 1922
Achievements: Philanthropy
2003 Inductee
Susette La Flesche
Born 1854
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Clara Barton
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born 1842
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Helen Keller
Born 1880
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 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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