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!

Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Katharine Graham
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts, Business
2002 Inductee
Octavia E. Butler
Born 1947
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Barbara McClintock
Born 1902
Achievements: Science
1986 Inductee
Susette La Flesche
Born 1854
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Gloria Allred
Born 1941
Achievements: Business, Government
2019 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Born 1919
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Margaret Bourke-White
Born 1904
Achievements: Arts
1990 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Mary Edwards Walker
Born 1832
Achievements: Philanthropy, Science
2000 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Mary Breckinridge
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 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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