[2] A graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, her work has been widely exhibited and is held by a number of museums.

Crowe dedicated much of her career to teaching and training the next generation of Eastern Cherokee artists.

She set up a studio in the Paint Town community and taught wood carving for almost four decades to over 2,000 students.

[9] Art scholar Esther Bockhoff writes that Crowe was "undoubtedly one of the primary influences on the resurgence of Cherokee carving.

[12] She also illustrated the book Cherokee Legends and the Trail of Tears, first published in 1956 and reprinted several times since.