Elizabeth Cutter Morrow

Elizabeth Cutter Morrow (1873 - January 24, 1955) was an American poet of the early 20th century

Life
She was born Elizabeth Reeve Cutter, the daughter of Annie E. (Spencer) and Charles Long Cutter, Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated from Smith College in 1896, and studied at the Sorbonne in Paris 1896-1897.

She became the first female head of Smith College, acting as college president from 1939 to 1940 (though she was never officially granted the title).

She married United States SenatorDwight Morrow in 1903. The couple had four children: Elizabeth Reeve, Anne Spencer, Dwight Whitney, and Constance Cutter. Anne Spencer later became famous as Anne Morrow Lindbergh, the wife of aviator Charles Lindbergh and the author of the bestseller The Gift of the Sea.

Recognition
Elizabeth Cutter Morrow received honorary degrees from six colleges and universities: Amherst College, 1933; New Jersey College for Women, 1935; Smith College, 1937; New York University, 1940; Lafayette College,1940; and Princeton University, 1940.

Two dormitories at Smith College, Morrow House and Cutter House, are named in her honor.