Crowe was born in
Laurieston,
Falkirk, Scotland and was one of eight children. She was educated at Laurieston Village School and continued there as a pupil teacher. She passed the
King’s Scholar exam during her studies. After the outbreak of World War I the
Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service (SWH) was founded by Dr
Elsie Inglis to support the war effort and as women medics were not permitted to serve on the frontlines. The organisation was funded by private donations, fundraising of local societies, the
National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) and the
American Red Cross. Crowe joined the SWH, departing for service in
Serbia in February 1915. She was one of forty Scottish women medics who accompanied the Serbian Army during their "
Great Retreat" across
Albania fleeing from the invading
Austrians. During the retreat, SWH nurse
Caroline Toughill had her skull fractured when the car in which she was travelling fell off a cliff near the town of
Rača. Crowe and a Serbian Major treated her in a nearby
Red Cross camp, before she died from her injuries two days later and was buried at
Leposavić. and was in Russia during the
Russian Revolution in 1917. She took photographs to record her experiences, with an annotation of "Passport Photograph required under
Bolshevik Rule" on one of her images. She also learned to speak the
Russian language. After the war, she returned to work at the Nobel Enterprises Explosives Factory until her retirement in 1943. She died in 1973. == Legacy ==