in london in 1937, howes married newspaperman guy cronwright, managing director of the cape times, with whom she had two daughters, amelia and victoria. during their formative years, both daughters shared their mother's passion for ballet. (after her marriage, victoria carwood became executive chairman of the cape town city ballet.) in her later years, howes was much in demand as a member of theater administration boards and was widely respected as a judge and critic on numerous dance boards.