May Cutler founded Tundra Books in her home in 1967, becoming Canada's first female publisher of children's books.
10 Facts About May Cutler
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May Cutler served a four-year term as the first female mayor of Westmount, Quebec from 1987 to 1991.
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May Cutler Ebbitt was born in the east end of Montreal in 1923.
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May Cutler founded Tundra Books in 1967, using first-prize money won by her biographical novella The Last Noble Savage in the Canadian Centennial Commission Publications Assistance Competition.
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May Cutler published some of her own writings, beginning with her 1967 prize-winning novella as by Ebbitt May Cutler, The Last Noble Savage: A Laurentian Idyll.
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May Cutler decided to enter politics in 1987 following several personal and professional disagreements with the local government.
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May Cutler announced her candidacy for mayor in 1987, her first political campaign, and defeated the incumbent Brian Gallery, becoming the first female mayor of the city.
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May Cutler served one four-year term, declining to run for re-election in 1991 and asking then city councilman Peter Trent to run for the office.
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May Cutler completed her dream to visit every continent when she traveled to Antarctica in 2010.
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May Cutler died at home in Montreal on March 3,2011, at the age of 87, after being hospitalized in February.