National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Mary Burnett Talbert
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Dorothea Lange
Born 1895
Achievements: Arts
2003 Inductee
Helen LaKelly Hunt
Born 1949
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Barbara A. Mikulski
Born 1936
Achievements: Government
2011 Inductee
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born 1850
Achievements: Humanities
1996 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2015 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Sylvia A. Earle
Born 1935
Achievements: Science
2000 Inductee
Margaret Fuller
Born 1810
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Martha Matilda Harper
Born 1857
Achievements: Business
2003 Inductee
Dorothea Dix
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Annie Jump Cannon
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
1994 Inductee
Maria Tallchief
Born 1925
Achievements: Arts
1996 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born 1884
Achievements: Humanities
1973 Inductee
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Eleanor K. Baum
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Maya Angelou
Born 1928
Achievements: Arts
1998 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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News & Events

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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