National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Helen Stephens
Born 1918
Achievements: Athletics
1993 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Lydia Moss Bradley
Born 1816
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Amelia Bloomer
Born 1818
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Alice Evans
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Indra Nooyi
Born 1955
Achievements: Business
2021 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Tenley Albright
Born 1935
Achievements: Athletics, Science
2015 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born 1914
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Sonia Sotomayor
Born 1954
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Louise McManus
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1994 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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