- Clare Boothe Luce was an American author, politician and U.S. Ambassador
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| Real name: | Ann Clare Boothe Luce | | Born: | 10 March 1903 Comment | | When did Clare Boothe Luce die? / Died | 09 October 1987 | | How many years did Clare Boothe Luce live? / Lived | 84 years | | Where was Clare Boothe Luce born? | New York City, New York, U.S.A. | | Where did Clare Boothe Luce die? / Deathplace | Washington, D.C., U.S.A. | | Zodiac sign: | Pisces |
Clare Boothe Luce Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| | How much is Clare Boothe Luce worth? | $1,000,000
| | Nationality: | American | | Hair color: | Dark blonde | | Eyes color: | Violet |
Who was Clare Boothe Luce? / Facts
- Early life and family - Luce was the second child of Anna Clara Schneider and William Franklin Boothe.
Clare Boothe had an elder brother, David Franklin Boothe.
Her parents were not married and would separate in 1912.
- Education - She attended the cathedral schools in Garden City and Tarrytown, New York, graduating first in her class in 1919 at 16.
- Writing - A versatile author, she is best known for her 1936 hit play The Women, which had an all-female cast.
Her writings extended from drama and screen scenarios to fiction, journalism and war reportage.
Luce never wrote an autobiography but willed her enormous archive of personal papers to the Library of Congress.
- Political career - In 1942, Luce won a Republican seat in the United States House of Representatives representing Fairfield County, Connecticut, the 4th Congressional District.
During her second term, Luce was instrumental in the creation of the Atomic Energy Commission.
- Diplomatic career - She was the first American woman appointed to a major ambassadorial post abroad.
She's been U.S. Ambassador to Italy and Brasil during the '50s.
- Political views - 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 critic of Roosevelt.
Although she was a strong supporter of the Anglo-American alliance in World War II, she remained outspokenly critical of British colonialism in India.
Known as a charismatic and forceful public speaker, especially after her conversion to Roman Catholicism in 1946, she campaigned for every Republican presidential candidate from Wendell Willkie to Ronald Reagan.
- Awards - President Reagan awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1983.
She was the first female member of Congress to receive this award.
- Personal life - Luce wed George Tuttle Brokaw, millionaire heir to a New York clothing fortune, on August 10, 1923, at the age of 20.
They had one daughter, Ann Clare Brokaw (1924–1944).
Brokaw was a hopeless alcoholic, and the marriage ended in divorce in 1929.
On November 23, 1935, she married Henry Luce, publisher of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated.
The marriage between Clare and Henry was difficult.
The Luces stayed together until Henry's death from a heart attack in 1967.
- Personal tragedies and religion - On January 11, 1944, her only child, Ann Clare Brokaw, a 19-year-old senior at Stanford University, was killed in an automobile accident.
As a result of the tragedy, Luce explored psychotherapy and religion.
She was received into the Roman Catholic Church in 1946, and, due to her ardent faith-related essays and lectures, Luce was ultimately honored by being named a Dame of Malta.
- Death - Luce died of brain cancer on October 9, 1987, at age 84, at her Watergate apartment in Washington, D.C.
She lies in a grave adjoining those of her mother, her daughter, and her husband.
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Education
- Cathedral schools in Garden City and Tarrytown, New York
Quotes
The height of sophistication is simplicity.
All history shows that the hand that cradles the rock has ruled the world, not the hand that rocks the cradle.
[on Greta Garbo] A deer in the body of a woman, living resentfully in the Hollywood zoo.
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George Tuttle Brokaw,
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Last update: 10 November 2020
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Net worth: $1,000,000
