National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Lucretia Mott
Born 1793
Achievements: Humanities
1983 Inductee
Carol A. Mutter
Born 1945
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Maya Y. Lin
Born 1959
Achievements: Arts
2005 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Joy Harjo
Born 1951
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Born 1910
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Toni Morrison
Born 1931
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2020 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Elaine Roulet
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Emily Dickinson
Born 1830
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Marian Anderson
Born 1897
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Barbara Jordan
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
1990 Inductee
Mary McLeod Bethune
Born 1875
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 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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