Ann Cutler (1759 – 29 December 1794) was a British hand-loom weaver and Methodist evangelist.
[2] Their devotion laid the foundation for friends Sarah Crosby and Mary Bosanquet Fletcher to later become Methodist preachers.
Cutler had met the Methodist leader, John Wesley, in 1790 and it was he who had agreed to women preachers.
She was known as "Praying Nanny" because of her frequent, loud and at times public prayers.
When she was returning late at night she would refuse a male escort in order to avoid any suspicion.