For me, exploration is about that journey to the interior, into your own heart. I'm always wondering, how will I act at my moment of truth? Will I rise up and do what's right, even if every fiber of my being is telling me otherwise?

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.