Luce, [Ann] Clare(nee Boothe)

US diplomat, dramatist, journalist, and politician

wrote plays "The Women" 1936, "Kiss the Boys Goodbye" 1938, "Margin for Error" 1939

Representative from Connecticut 1943-1947

US ambassador to Italy 1953-1956

wife of Henry Luce 1935

• "No good deed goes unpunished."
• "Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity, it should end there."
• "Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say,'She doesn't have what it takes.'They will say,'Women don't have what it takes.'"
• "You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a Christian life in a democratic world."