National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Catherine East
Born 1916
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Florence Wald
Born 1916
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Madam C. J. Walker
Born 1867
Achievements: Business
1993 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Sylvia A. Earle
Born 1935
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Gloria Steinem
Born 1934
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Tenley Albright
Born 1935
Achievements: Athletics, Science
2015 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Peggy McIntosh
Born 1934
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Kate Mullany
Born 1845
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Eleanor Smeal
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Sophia Smith
Born 1796
Achievements: Education, Philanthropy
2000 Inductee
Helen LaKelly Hunt
Born 1949
Achievements: Philanthropy
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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