National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

 

Note: The Hall will be closed for an event on 9/27/25

 

Groups welcome!

Helen Murray Free
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2011 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Carol A. Mutter
Born 1945
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Mercy Otis Warren
Born 1728
Achievements: Arts
2002 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Born 1774
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Born 1826
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Grace Hopper
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Victoria Jackson
Born 1955
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
2017 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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