Mini biography of boothe luce

  • “Price of Fame” completes Sylvia Jukes Morris's two-volume character study of Clare Boothe Luce, one of the 20th century's most ambitious, unstoppable and.
  • A conservative Republican, during the 1940s she was a critic of President Franklin Roosevelt and a war reporter in Europe and Asia, mostly for LIFE magazine.
  • She was the Managing Editor of Vanity Fair, a playwright, congresswoman, Ambassador to Italy and Brazil, and the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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    As the wife of Henry Luce, one of the most influential men of his time, Clare Boothe Luce broke ground bygd establishing a hugely successful career independent of her husband. She was the Managing Editor of Vanity Fair, a playwright, congresswoman, Ambassador to Italy and Brazil, and the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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    Rage for Fame: The Ascent of Clare Boothe Luce

    July 31, 2023
    Rage For Fame by Sylvia Jukes Morris

    BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS
    -PRINT: COPYRIGHT: (1997) April 1, 2014; ISBN 978-0812992496; PUBLISHER: Random House Publishing Group; LENGTH: 592 pages [Paperback Info from Amazon]
    -DIGITAL: COPYRIGHT: (1997February 6, 2013; PUBLISHER: Random House; LENGTH: 594 pages FILE SIZE: 15691 KB [Kindle Info from Amazon] *Note: There are photos here. If you listen to the audio, don’t forget to check out the digital if you are like me and like to have an idea of who is who visually.
    *AUDIO: COPYRIGHT: (1997) 2/24/2015; PUBLISHER: Audible Studios; LENGTH: 16:47:00; Unabridged. [Audio Info from Amazon]
    (Film: No).

    SERIES
    Clare Booth Luce, Volume I

    SUMMARY/ EVALUATION:
    -SELECTION: I read/listened to the second volume, and during the course of that discovered it was Volume II, which compelled me to read Volume 1..
    -ABOUT: This part I of a two-volume set on the life of Clare Booth Luce, focuses on her yo

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    Clare Boothe Luce Biography

    From the 1930s through the 1960s Clare Boothe Luce blazed a trail as a successful writer, socialite and political dabbler — and stayed in the headlines as the wife of Henry Luce, the publisher of Time, Fortune and LIFE magazines. Raised in New York City by her divorced mother, she attended private schools in the U.S. and France after her mother re-married in 1919. Clare was married to millionaire George Tuttle Brokaw (23 years her senior) from 1923 to 1929, but after her divorce she struck out on her own, using her private school connections to land a job at Vogue magazine. Ambitious and talented, by 1933 she was an editor for Vanity Fair. She married Luce in 1935 and turned her attention to writing plays, finding huge success with The Women (1936) and Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1938). A conservative Republican, during the 1940s she was a critic of President Franklin Roosevelt and a war reporter in Europe and Asia, mostly for LIFE magaz