National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Faye Wattleton
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Ethel Percy Andrus
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Frances E. Willard
Born 1839
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Anne Sullivan
Born 1866
Achievements: Education
2003 Inductee
Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Kate Millett
Born 1934
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Frances Perkins
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1982 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 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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