May Cutler
| May Cutler | |
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| Mayor of Westmount, Quebec | |
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In office 1987–1991 |
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| Preceded by | Brian Gallery |
| Succeeded by | Peter Trent |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 4, 1923 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | March 3, 2011 (aged 87) Montreal, Quebec |
| Profession | Publisher |
May Ebbitt Cutler (September 4, 1923 – March 3, 2011) was a Canadian writer, journalist, playwright, and publisher. She founded Tundra Books in her home in 1967, becoming Canada's first female publisher of children's books. She served a four-year term as the first female mayor of Westmount, Quebec from 1987 to 1991. As a writer of "literary works" she used the pseudonym Ebbitt Cutler.
May Ebbitt was born in the east end of Montreal in 1923. Her parents, Francis (née Farrelly) and William Henry Ebbitt, a police officer, were Irish immigrants. She had two older brothers, William "Bill" Ebbitt and Jack Ebbitt. In 1953 she married Phil Cutler, a Canadian labour lawyer and Quebec Superior Court judge, who died in 1987. The couple had four sons – Keir, Adam and Michael, who are twins, and Roger.
Cutler earned both her Bachelor of Arts and her Master of Arts degrees from McGill University in Montreal. She next obtained a second master of arts in journalism from Columbia University in New York City.
Cutler worked for the newly formed United Nations following her graduation from Columbia University. When she returned to Canada she became a columnist and reporter for the former Montreal Herald. She also wrote magazine articles for the former Montreal Standard. She was the second woman hired by the Canadian Press news agency.
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