Frances Anita Leatherbee

Frances, a socialite lived in Woods Hole, MA with her three sons. After her death in an automobile accident, her sons requested that the property be sold to the state as a reserve in her name. Her father was known internationally as a businessman, diplomat, philanthropist and world traveler. Woodrow Wilson appointed him minister to China from 1920-1921 and by 1937 he had visited Russia 24 times. He commissioned the construction of the Airplane House overlooking Woods Hole Harbor, one of the most famous houses in Falmouth. He was the largest benefactor of the Marinie Biological Lab. He donated more that $1 million in money, land, and buildings from 1903-1937. He was board president of the trustees and featured on the cover of Time magazine on March 9, 1931.

Falmouth Historical Society, "Legendary Locals of Falmouth", Charleston, SC:Arcadia Publishing, 2013

Her first husband was Robert Leatherbee. Her second husband from 1924 until they divorced in 1931 was Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovakian Minister to Great Britain. See Sylvia Engel Crane's bio for her letter regarding the family's perspective on whether Jan's death was suicide or the Third Defenestration of Prague at the beginning of WWI. Her son Charles Crane Leatherbee (Harvard 1929) co-founded the University Players, a summer theater company in Falmouth, Massachusetts, in 1928. Her son Richard Teller Crane took his mother's maiden name as his legal surname when his parents divorced, as did her other son, Robert Crane (who was born Robert Leatherbee, Jr.). Charles Leatherbee kept the Leatherbee name, because of his budding acting career.

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Her first husband was Robert Leatherbee. Her second husband from 1924 until they divorced in 1931 was Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovakian Minister to Great Britain. See Sylvia Engel Crane's bio for her letter regarding the family's perspective on whether Jan's death was suicide or the Third Defenestration of Prague at the beginning of WWI. Her son Charles Crane Leatherbee (Harvard 1929) co-founded the University Players, a summer theater company in Falmouth, Massachusetts, in 1928. Her son Richard Teller Crane took his mother's maiden name as his legal surname when his parents divorced, as did her other son, Robert Crane (who was born Robert Leatherbee, Jr.). Charles Leatherbee kept the Leatherbee name, because of his budding acting career.