Clare Boothe Luce US Congressperson

Gender: Female
Citizenship: United States
Born: Mar 10, 1903
Died: Oct 9, 1987

Clare Boothe Luce was the first American woman appointed to a major ambassadorial post abroad. 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. She was the wife of Henry Luce, publisher of Time, Life, and Fortune.

Politically, Luce was a Republican who became steadily more conservative in later life. In her youth, however, she briefly aligned herself with the Democratic liberalism of Franklin D. Roosevelt, as a protege of Bernard Baruch. Although she was a strong supporter of the Anglo-American alliance in World War II, she remained outspokenly critical of the British presence in India. 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.

Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable. happiness & money

They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men. politics

In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. Men get elected. politics & women

Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. courage

A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside inside is more often his nursery. home

Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family. family & women

A woman's best protection is a little money of her own. best & money

They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men. women

The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face. politics

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but, unlike charity, it should end there. home

No good deed goes unpunished. good