L. Isabel Heald

L. Isabel Heald (, Cutler; 1842–1932) was an American social leader and philanthropic worker. Active in charitable and club work in the State of Maine, she belonged at one time to 14 organizations. Heald served as president of the Maine division of the International Sunshine Society (ISS).

Early life and education Lydia Isabel Cutler was born in Dexter, Maine, October 24, 1842. She was the daughter of Otis and Emeline Robinson Seavy Cutler. Her father, moving to Portland, Maine in 1852, became the first appraiser at the port, and was holding this office at the time of his death, in May 1868. His wife survived him many years, dying in May 1884.

Otis Cutler was of the seventh generation of that branch of the Cutler family in New England, whose immigrant progenitor, John by name, died at Hingham, Massachusetts, in February 1638. It was said that John Cutler, of Hingham, came from the vicinity of Norwich, England, in 1637. From another English-born Cutler, Robert, of Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts, was descended the Rev. Timothy Cutler, D.D., the first rector of Christ Church, Boston (now, Old North Church), and "one of the first scholars of his age in the colonies". Equal Suffrage Club, Women's Council, and the Prison Committee Portland Fresh Air Society.