Leslie Bradley Cutler

Leslie Bradley Cutler (1890-1971) was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts Senate.

Early life Cutler was born on March 24, 1890, in Boston. She graduated from the Haskell School, and attended Radcliffe College, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. On December 14, 1912 she married Roger W. Cutler, a businessman and United States Navy officer. She also raised a nephew after her brother's death in 1921. Cutler divorced her husband on December 17, 1928 in Reno, Nevada on the charge of desertion.

Political career Cutler began her political career in 1923 when she ran for the Needham, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen. She lost by 57 votes. She ran again in 1924 and won. She was the first woman to hold elected office in Needham and only one of two female selectmen in Massachusetts at the time of her election. She was reelected in 1925 and was chosen to serve as chairman of the board. Cutler helped the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation acquire the land for Cutler Park, a state park in Needham.

Cutler died on November 27, 1971, at her home in Needham.