Henrietta Ash Bancroft

Henrietta Ash Bancroft (1843–1929) was an American professor and religious leader. For six years, she was professor of English and dean of women at Albion College. Leaving academia, she served as field secretary and general secretary of the Deaconess Department, Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC), being named president emeritus of the deaconess work after retirement.

Early life and education Henrietta Ash Bancroft was born in Cold Spring, New York, in October 1842. She was the daughter of the Rev. George C. Bancroft and Henrietta Ash Bancroft of Pennsylvania. Her early environment was that of a parsonage.