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!

Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Alice Hamilton
Born 1869
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Emma Smith DeVoe
Born 1848
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Beatrice A. Hicks
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Antonia Novello
Born 1944
Achievements: Government, Science
1994 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 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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