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.

Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Pearl S. Buck
Born 1892
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Marcia Greenberger
Born 1946
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Mary Lyon
Born 1797
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Mary Engle Pennington
Born 1872
Achievements: Science
2002 Inductee
Billie Jean King
Born 1943
Achievements: Athletics
1990 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 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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