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!

Emma Smith DeVoe
Born 1848
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose
Born 1810
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Alice Evans
Born 1881
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Coretta Scott King
Born 1927
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Shirley Ann Jackson
Born 1946
Achievements: Education, Science
1998 Inductee
Ina May Gaskin
Born 1940
Achievements: Science
2013 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Catherine Filene Shouse
Born 1896
Achievements: Arts, Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Angela Davis
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Dolores Huerta
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Edith Wharton
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Blanche Stuart Scott
Born 1889
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Born 1837
Achievements: Humanities
1984 Inductee
Helen Keller
Born 1880
Achievements: Education
1973 Inductee
Louisa May Alcott
Born 1832
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Carol A. Mutter
Born 1945
Achievements: Government, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Mary Cassatt
Born 1844
Achievements: Arts
1973 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 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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