Ann Bancroft Award for Women's Leadership Fellowsh

This awards program was created in 1996 to celebrate four Minnesotans who encourage and support the achievements of girls and women. The Awards reflect the mission and spirit of the first all-woman expedition to ski across Antarctica, the American Women's Expedition (AWE). Its mission: "to focus our attention on existing and potential achievements of girls and women--in broad areas of life and work, while encouraging all people to take on new challenges."