Discover the Women of the Hall
These are the Inductees of the National Women’s Hall of Fame. Select any of the women to discover their stories and learn how they have influenced other women and this country.
Ruby Bridges
Year Honored:
2024
Birth:
1954 -
Born In:
Mississippi
Achievements:
Humanities
Civil Rights icon, activist, author, and speaker, Ruby Bridges stepped into history books in 1960 when at six years old she single-handedly broke down barriers by desegregating the all-white William Frantz Elementary school in New Orleans.
S. Mona Sinha
Georgeanna Emory Seegar Jones
Audre Lorde
Virginia Hall Goillot
Judith Viorst
Ruby Bridges
Year Honored:
2024
Birth:
1954 -
Born In:
Mississippi
Achievements:
Humanities
Civil Rights icon, activist, author, and speaker, Ruby Bridges stepped into history books in 1960 when at six years old she single-handedly broke down barriers by desegregating the all-white William Frantz Elementary school in New Orleans.
S. Mona Sinha
Year Honored:
2026
Birth:
1965 -
Achievements:
Government, Philanthropy
Georgeanna Emory Seegar Jones
Year Honored:
2026
Birth:
1912 - 2005
Achievements:
Science
Virginia Hall Goillot
Year Honored:
2026
Birth:
1906 - 1982
Achievements:
Government
Janet Yellen
Adele Smith Simmons
Harriet Jacobs
Edith S. Green
Edith S. Green
Year Honored:
2026
Birth:
1910 - 1987
Achievements:
Education, Government