Moved to New York after the death of her husband, Governor Winthrop Murray Crane and became involved with the new Museum of Modern Art and was the benefactress of the Dalton School, naming it after the Crane family's hometown in Massachusetts.
Moved to New York after the death of her husband, Governor Winthrop Murray Crane and was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Modern Art in October 1929. She was the benefactress of the Dalton School, naming it after the Crane family's hometown in Massachusetts.