National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome!

 

 

 

Mary Barret Dyer
Born 1611
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Beverly Sills
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts
1998 Inductee
Rita Rossi Colwell
Born 1934
Achievements: Science
2005 Inductee
Lydia Moss Bradley
Born 1816
Achievements: Business, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Born 1922
Achievements: Arts, Business, Philanthropy
1996 Inductee
Mary Church Terrell
Born 1863
Achievements: Government
2020 Inductee
Ella Grasso
Born 1919
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Gertrude Belle Elion
Born 1918
Achievements: Science
1991 Inductee
Charlotte Anne Bunch
Born 1944
Achievements: Education, Humanities
1996 Inductee
Leontine T.C. Kelly
Born 1920
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Bella Abzug
Born 1920
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Sylvia A. Earle
Born 1935
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Born 1947
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Ethel Percy Andrus
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Bertha Holt
Born 1904
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 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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