National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Abigail Adams
Born 1744
Achievements: Humanities
1976 Inductee
Antonia Novello
Born 1944
Achievements: Government, Science
1994 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Sarah Deer
Born 1972
Achievements: Education, Government
2019 Inductee
Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Betty Bone Schiess
Born 1923
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Emily Blackwell
Born 1826
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Geraldine Ferraro
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Sheila E. Widnall
Born 1938
Achievements: Education, Government, Science
2003 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Henrietta Lacks
Born 1920
Achievements: Science
2020 Inductee
Billie Jean King
Born 1943
Achievements: Athletics
1990 Inductee
Madeleine Korbel Albright
Born 1937
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Florence Sabin
Born 1871
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Annie Oakley
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Born 1881
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Aimée Mullins
Born 1976
Achievements: Arts, Athletics, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Patricia Schroeder
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
1995 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee

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Ginny Ryan: The Keeper of the Flame

A third grade assignment to tell the story of someone else’s life was all it took to hook Ginny Ryan on reporting. At Cardinal Mooney High School and at Buffalo State College, she wrote for the...

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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 revolutionize diagnostic testing in the laboratory and at home. Together,...

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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 Arts (NMWA). Opened in 1987, the museum promotes a greater awareness...

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Giving Tuesday Now Contest

Hey kids—have you ever thought about which one of our Inductees inspires you the most? It's so hard to choose just one! We would like you to write an essay or draw a picture of an Inductee who inspires you and describe why she is inspiring. To participate, use one of...

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