I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can't do something and I think I can. It goes back to my childhood when I had problems in school because I have a learning disability.

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.