National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Patricia Bath
Born 1942
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Bessie Smith
Born c.1894
Achievements: Arts
1984 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Jane Cunningham Croly
Born 1829
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Helen Keller
Born 1880
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Sacagawea / Sacajawea / Sakakawea
Born c.1788
Achievements: Humanities
2003 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Nannerl O. Keohane
Born 1940
Achievements: Education
1995 Inductee
Alice Evans
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Dorothy Height
Born 1912
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Muriel Siebert
Born 1928
Achievements: Business
1994 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
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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