National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Carrie Chapman Catt
Born 1859
Achievements: Humanities
1982 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born 1959
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Emily Howland
Born 1827
Achievements: Humanities
2021 Inductee
Maggie Kuhn
Born 1905
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Julie Krone
Born 1963
Achievements: Athletics
2013 Inductee
Georgia O'Keeffe
Born 1887
Achievements: Arts
1993 Inductee
Donna de Varona
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Kate Mullany
Born 1845
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Born 1862
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
1988 Inductee
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Born 1860
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Maria Mitchell
Born 1818
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Chien-Shiung Wu
Born 1912
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Dorothy Day
Born 1897
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Mary Lyon
Born 1797
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Alice Waters
Born 1944
Achievements: Business, Education, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 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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