Editing Clare Boothe Luce (section)

{{Short description|American author and politician (1903–1987)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name             = Clare Boothe Luce
| image            = Clare boothe.jpg
| ambassador_from1 = United States
| country1         = Italy
| president1       = [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]
| term_start1      = May 4, 1953
| term_end1        = December 27, 1956
| predecessor1     = [[Ellsworth Bunker]]
| successor1       = [[James David Zellerbach]]
| state2           = [[Connecticut]]
| district2        = {{ushr|CT|4|4th}}
| term_start2      = January 3, 1943
| term_end2        = January 3, 1947
| predecessor2     = [[Le Roy D. Downs]]
| successor2       = [[John Davis Lodge|John Lodge]]
| birth_name       = Ann Clare Boothe
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1903|3|10}}
| birth_place      = New York City, U.S.
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|1987|10|9|1903|3|10}}
| death_place      = Washington, D.C., U.S.
| party            = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse           = {{ubl|{{marriage|[[George Tuttle Brokaw]]|1923|1929|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|[[Henry Luce]]|1935|1967|end=died}}}}
| children         = 1
}}
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'''Clare Boothe Luce''' ({{née|'''Ann Clare Boothe'''}}; March 10, 1903<ref name="In Search of Clare Boothe Luce ">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/31/magazine/in-search-of-clare-boothe-luce.html?src=pm&pagewanted=4 | title=In Search of Clare Boothe Luce | work=[[The New York Times Magazine]] | date=January 31, 1988 | access-date=June 19, 2014 | author=Morris, Sylvia Jukes | pages=4 of 5 | quote=I tracked down her New York birth certificate, and found that she was born not on April 10, 1903, but on March 10 – and not on Riverside Drive, but in the less genteel environs of West 125th Street.}}</ref><ref>Clare Boothe Luce's authorized biographer has corrected the misperception, encouraged by Luce herself, that she was born a month later: "I tracked down her New York birth certificate and found that she was born not on April 10, 1903 but on March 10—and not on Riverside Drive but in the less genteel environs of West 125th Street. I told her about the dates and she stared at me. 'Mother always said I was born at Easter. Anyway&nbsp;... people born under the Aries sign are much more lighthearted and gay than those born under Pisces.'" Sylvia Jukes Morris, "In Search of Clare Boothe Luce", ''The New York Times Magazine'', January 31, 1988</ref> – October 9, 1987)<!-- see talk page re birthdate --> was an American writer, politician, diplomat, and public conservative figure. A versatile author, she is best known for her 1936 hit play ''[[The Women (play)|The Women]]'', which had an all-female cast. Her writings extended from drama and screen scenarios to fiction, journalism, and war reportage. She served as [[United States Ambassador to Italy|U.S. Ambassador to Italy]] from 1953 to 1956, and as a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for [[Connecticut's 4th congressional district]] from 1943 to 1947. She was married to [[Henry Luce]], publisher of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'', ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'', and ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''.

Politically, Luce was a leading conservative in later life and was well known for her [[anti-communism]]. In her youth, she briefly aligned herself with the liberalism of President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] as a protégé of [[Bernard Baruch]] but later became an outspoken [[Criticism of Franklin D. Roosevelt|critic of Roosevelt]].<ref>Morris 1997, pp.&nbsp;191–98.</ref> Although she was a strong supporter of the [[Anglo-American alliance]] in [[World War II]], she remained outspokenly critical of [[British colonialism in India]].<ref>Clare Boothe Luce, Address to the India League of America, August 9, 1943, Clare Boothe Luce Papers, Library of Congress (hereafter CBLP-LC).</ref>

Known as a charismatic and forceful public speaker, especially after her [[conversion to Catholicism]] in 1946, she campaigned for every Republican presidential candidate from [[Wendell Willkie]] to [[Ronald Reagan]].