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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.

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Emily Howland Humanities 1827 New York 2021

Emily Howland

Year Honored: 2021
Birth: 1827 - 1929
Born In: New York
Achievements: Humanities
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Julia Ward Howe Humanities 1819 New York 1998

Julia Ward Howe

Year Honored: 1998
Birth: 1819 - 1910
Born In: New York
Achievements: Humanities

Suffragist and author of “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Howe was a lecturer on religious subjects, a playwright and an organizer of a women’s peace movement. Co-founder (with Lucy Stone et al) of the New England Women Suffrage Association, she lectured and wrote extensively in support of the freedom of women to have an equal place with men in both public and private life.

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Anne Hutchinson Humanities 1591 England 1994

Anne Hutchinson

Year Honored: 1994
Birth: 1591 - 1643
Born In: England
Achievements: Humanities

Religious leader who insisted on practicing her religious faith as she chose, including holding religious meetings in her home, the first woman in the new world to do so. As a result, she was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

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