Ethel Romig Fuller

• Name — Ethel R. Fuller • Birth Name — Ethel Romig • Born — 26 February 1883 • Birthplace — Big Rapids, Michigan, U.S. • Died — 13 December 1965 • Place of death — Portland, Oregon, U.S. • Occupation — Poet • Spouse — Charles Fuller • Period — 1931–1965

Fuller was born in Big Rapids, Michigan, on February 26, 1883, and attended the Eastern Michigan Normal School. After visiting Oregon on vacation, she moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1906 and attended the Portland Extension Center. After climbing Mount Hood, she dedicated herself to writing about the Northwest.

Fuller began writing poetry in the early 1920s. When Fuller found out that the Oregonian was going to discontinue publishing poetry in early 1930s, she complained to the editor, and was then hired to start the poetry column, which published poets from around the world. She wrote three published collections of her poetry, as well as lectured and read poetry on the radio. Fuller was known for helping and encouraging new poets.

The New York Times called her New Verse poem "Proof?", which had originally been published in 1927 in Sunset magazine, “the most quoted poem in contemporary English literature" because it had been reprinted so widely. Oregon Governor Robert D. Holmes nominated her as Oregon's third Poet Laureate in 1957.

Fuller was married to Charles Fuller, an insurance salesman. She lived in both Oregon and Washington. She died December 13, 1965.