National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Mary Putnam Jacobi
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Constance Baker Motley
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Born 1923
Achievements: Science
2003 Inductee
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Born 1921
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
Born 1911
Achievements: Athletics
1976 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Helen Brooke Taussig
Born 1898
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Alice Hamilton
Born 1869
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Willa Cather
Born 1873
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Jeanne Holm
Born 1921
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Julia Child
Born 1912
Achievements: Arts
2007 Inductee
Katherine Siva Saubel
Born 1920
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
1993 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born 1811
Achievements: Arts
1986 Inductee
Mildred Cohn
Born 1913
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Ruth Patrick
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Martha Graham
Born 1894
Achievements: Arts
2015 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 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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