American philanthropist and publisher Louise Crane was BOTD in 1913. Born in Dalton, Massachusetts to a wealthy political family, her father was a former state governor and prominent philanthropist, and her mother a co-founder of the New York Museum of Modern Art. She studied at Vassar College, where she formed a relationship with fellow student and poet Elizabeth Bishop. After graduation, the they travelled extensively through Europe, returning to the United States at the outbreak of World War Two and buying a house together in Key West, Florida. Crane continued the family tradition of philanthropy, supporting jazz and orchestral music. She befriended many of the literary stars of post-war America, including Tennessee Williams and Marianne Moore, and had a brief affair with singer Billie Holiday. In the 1950s, Crane formed a relationship with Spanish activist Victoria Kent, and published Kent’s magazine Ibérica, a left-wing periodical for Spanish expatriates exiled during the Franco dictatorship. They lived together in Massachusetts, Connecticut and latterly in New York City until Kent’s death in 1987. Crane died in 1997, aged 83, and was buried with Kent in Redding, Connecticut.