National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Born 1890
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Alice Paul
Born 1885
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Alice Evans
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Madeleine Korbel Albright
Born 1937
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Betty Friedan
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Charlotte Anne Bunch
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1996 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Karen DeCrow
Karen DeCrow
Born 1937
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2009 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Emma Hart Willard
Born 1787
Achievements: Education
2013 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 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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