Ann Bancroft is an Arctic explorer and the first woman to reach both the North and South poles. She’s been inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame and in 1991 created the Ann Bancroft ...

Polar explorer Ann Bancroft (left) and former Minnesota Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm at an Ann Bancroft Foundation event at the Hilton Hotel in Minneapolis in the mid-1990s. The women have been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Minnesota girls are invited to a no-cost Girlhood Summit offered Nov. 2 at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul. The Ann ...

The Ann Bancroft Foundation is set to host it’s second annual Girlhood Summit. The summit is an event designed to empower girls through various programs and activities, encouraging them to be ...

Through a grant from the Ann Bancroft Foundation, Ileini and Ashley Hirt share their journey of navigating mental health via shared podcast. Ann Bancroft Trailblazer Fellowship recipient Ileini Hirt ...

This weekend marks 40 years since Ann Bancroft (USA) made her mark on history. After 55 long days of crossing the unforgiving Arctic landscape, Ann arrived at the North Pole on 2 May 1986 – somewhere ...

MANKATO — For this dynamic duo, patience and persistence paid off. The Ann Bancroft Foundation in St. Paul announced its 2023 fall grant cycle recently, with awards to 140 Minnesota girls, including ...

A strategic leader who has moved between nonprofit and corporate roles, the pandemic found Ethelind Kaba asking herself how she could “meet the moment.” That search led her to the Ann Bancroft ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — The Ann Bancroft Foundation will welcome girls and gender-expansive youth from across Minnesota to the second annual Girlhood Summit on Saturday. The event is free and aimed at middle ...

Jackie Hartman was drawn to the St. Paul-based Ann Bancroft Foundation from a desire and commitment to give girls and young women opportunities to realize their potential. A former Cargill executive ...

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Gloria Perez (left), president and CEO of the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota, and Ethelind Kaba (right), executive director of the Ann Bancroft Foundation, pose for a portrait at Minnesota Public ...