- Was considered the leading female playwright of her day.
- Her original ambition was to be an actress.
- During the Second World War she founded the American Theater Wing to aid British war relief and later the Stage Door Canteen, a recreational center for servicemen in New York City.
- Remembered for her award winning play "When Ladies Meet" and "Susan of God".
- Founded and headed the Stage Women's War Relief Fund during the First World War.
- She began as an actress and directed her own plays by 1903.
- "Miss Crothers had no close relatives," according to The New York Times.
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