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!

Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Juliette Gordon Low
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Nannerl O. Keohane
Born 1940
Achievements: Education
1995 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Anna Howard Shaw
Born 1847
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Alice Hamilton
Born 1869
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Katherine Johnson
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
2021 Inductee
Margaret Chase Smith
Born 1897
Achievements: Government
1973 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Rebecca Halstead
Born 1959
Achievements: Government
2021 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Jean Kilbourne
Born 1943
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Oprah Winfrey
Born 1954
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1994 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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