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==Early life== Anne Spencer Morrow was born on June 22, 1906, in [[Englewood, New Jersey]].<ref>Hertog 2000, p. 50.</ref> Her father was [[Dwight Morrow]], a partner in [[J.P. Morgan & Co.]], who became [[United States Ambassador to Mexico]] and [[United States Senator]] from New Jersey. Her mother, [[Elizabeth Cutter Morrow]], was a poet and teacher, active in women's education,<ref name="foundation">[http://www.lindberghfoundation.org/docs/index.php/lindbergh-history/anne-morrow-lindbergh "Anne Morrow Lindbergh Biography."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113175657/http://www.lindberghfoundation.org/docs/index.php/lindbergh-history/anne-morrow-lindbergh |date=November 13, 2011 }} ''Lindbergh Foundation''. Retrieved: November 17, 2011.</ref> who served as acting president of her alma mater [[Smith College]].<ref name="biography"/> Anne was the second of four children; her siblings were Elisabeth Reeve,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Elisabeth Morrow School, The β History and Philosophy|url = http://www.elisabethmorrow.org/about-us/history-and-philosophy|website = www.elisabethmorrow.org|access-date = September 29, 2015}}</ref> Dwight, Jr., and Constance. The children were raised in a Calvinist household that fostered achievement.<ref>Eakin, Emily (December 12, 1999). [https://www.nytimes.com/books/99/12/12/reviews/991212.12eakint.html "The Pilot's Wife"]. ''The New York Times''.</ref> Every night, Morrow's mother would read to her children for an hour. The children quickly learned to read and write, began reading to themselves, and began writing poetry and diaries. Anne would later benefit from that routine, eventually publishing her later diaries to critical acclaim.<ref>Hertog 2000, p. 61.</ref> She first attended the [[Dwight-Englewood School|Dwight School for Girls]] in Englewood.<ref>Hertog 2000, p. 73.</ref> After graduating from [[Chapin School (Manhattan)|The Chapin School]] in New York City in 1924, where she was president of the student body, she attended [[Smith College]] from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1928.<ref name="biography"/><ref name="nytimes">Pace, Eric. [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/08/books/anne-morrow-lindbergh-94-dies-champion-of-flight-and-women-s-concerns.html?ref=annemorrowlindbergh "Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 94, dies; Champion of flight and women's concerns."] ''The New York Times'', February 8, 2001. Retrieved: November 17, 2011.</ref> She received the [[Elizabeth Montagu]] Prize, for her essay on women of the 18th century such as [[Sophie d'Houdetot|Madame d'Houdetot]], and the Mary Augusta Jordan Literary Prize, for her fictional piece "Lida Was Beautiful".<ref name="hertog">Hertog 2000, p. 74.</ref>
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