National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

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Martha Coffin Pelham Wright
Born 1806
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Born 1935
Achievements: Education, Government
2020 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Born 1912
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Bessie Coleman
Born 1892
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Eudora Welty
Born 1909
Achievements: Arts
2000 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Bernice Resnick Sandler
Born 1928
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Ruby Bridges
Born 1954
Achievements: Humanities
2024 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Nettie Stevens
Born 1861
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Betty Ford
Born 1918
Achievements: Humanities
2013 Inductee
Allie B. Latimer
Born 1931
Achievements: Government
2009 Inductee
Dorothy H. Andersen
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
2001 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Virginia Apgar
Born 1909
Achievements: Science
1995 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Linda G. Alvarado
Born 1951
Achievements: Business
2003 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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