National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

 

The National Women’s Hall of Fame will be OPEN July 5th from 1 – 6 pm and CLOSED July 5th.

Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Felice N. Schwartz
Born 1925
Achievements: Business
1998 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Diane von Furstenberg
Born 1946
Achievements: Arts, Business
2019 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Emily Howland
Born 1827
Achievements: Humanities
2021 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Emily Howell Warner
Born 1939
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Elouise Cobell
Born 1945
Achievements: Business
2024 Inductee
Dorothy H. Andersen
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 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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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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