I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.

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.