Claire
Booth Luce - Ambassador, Rome Italy 1954
Posts: Rome
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Author: Jack McGarry
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Source: Net Research
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1954
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http://www.kumc.edu/international/gnn/volume2/gnn9803.htm
- Playwright and politician Claire Boothe
Luce was born 95 years ago on 10 March 1903, at New York City. Luce
wrote for and edited Vogue and Vanity Fair as well as
writing plays, three of which were later adapted into motion pictures.
She served in the US House of Representatives (1943-47) and as
ambassador to Italy (1953-56) - the first woman appointed ambassador to
a major country. Luce died 9 October 1987, at Washington, DC.
Claire Booth Luce Policy Institue
http://www.cblpolicyinstitute.org/clarebio.htm
Library of Congress
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0010.html
History Central - Claire Booth Luce
http://www.multied.com/Bio/people/Luce.html
Paul Rusten:
http://www.geocities.com/paulrusten/wwll_essay.htm
"US congresswoman Claire Booth Luce was FDR's secret emissary to the
Vatican in Rome. "
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