Elizabeth Reeve Cutter Morrow (May 29, 1873 – January 24, 1955) was an American poet, champion of women's education, and influence on Mexican culture. She wrote several children's books and collections of poetry. She and her husband, ambassador Dwight Morrow, collected wide variety of art while in Mexico and helped popularize Mexican folk art. Early life Elizabeth Reeve Cutter, called Betty, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Charles Cutter and Annie Spencer Cutter. Besides her twin Mary, Betty had three younger sisters. The Cutters lived in Cleveland with their extended family before moving in 1888 to a home Charles built nearby. Annie Cutter raised her children to be pious and respect etiquette, and the Bible was a regular study tool in the Cutter's home. Betty learned to love reading and writing from the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. Both Mary and Betty were sickly children, and, in 1879, both sisters became ill enough the family decided to move from their home in Cleveland to New Orleans, Louisiana. Supposedly, the warm weather was to cure the girls' sickness. The trip South was meant to be temporary, but Mary's declining health kept the family in New Orleans. On November 22, 1882, Mary died from tuberculosis. After Mary died, Mrs. Cutter became overprotective about Betty's health. In March 1883 Betty was sent to her Uncle John, a doctor in Dayton, Ohio. Betty disliked her trips to Dayton and began a lifelong habit of writing in a diary to cope. Through this exercise, she met her Uncle Arthur who encouraged her love of books and writing. Betty's health returned, and, in 1888, she went to the Republican Convention with her Uncle Charlie. Betty yearned to live like her wealthy uncle, but this dream seemed unattainable as the family lived in near poverty. Education Cutter attended Smith College from 1892 to 1896. The summer before her sophomore year, her father lost his job and was unable to pay for tuition, so her uncle Arthur paid for her remaining years at Smith. In her sophomore year, Dwight Morrow began courting her after they met at a dance. Life After graduating from Smith, Cutter started "parlor-teaching." She gave six talks a week on Henrik Ibsen's plays from the comfort of her cousin's home. In the summer of 1899, the Cutter family went abroad to Europe and would not return until the spring of 1901. She continued