A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.

She was inducted as honorary member of the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1995. Bancroft was a camper and staff member at YMCA Camp Widjiwagan. Paul Minnesota.

She was the first woman to successfully finish a number of arduous expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. She was inducted as honorary member of the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1995.