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!

Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Ruth Fulton Benedict
Born 1887
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Julie Krone
Born 1963
Achievements: Athletics
2013 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Helen Hayes
Born 1900
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1996 Inductee
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Born 1936
Achievements: Government, Humanities
1995 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Born 1815
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Louise Slaughter
Born 1929
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 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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