Alice-Leone Moats
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Alice-Leone Moats was an American
United States
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 journalist
Journalist
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 and author who was born in Mexico to wealthy and socially prominent American parents. She attended convent schools in Mexico City, Rome and Paris, as well as the Brearley School
Brearley School
The Brearley School is an all-girls private school in New York City, New York, United States. It is located on the Upper East Side of the Manhattan borough of New York City. The school is divided into the Lower School , Middle School and Upper School...

 in Manhattan
Manhattan
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 and the Fermata School for Girls in Aiken, South Carolina
Aiken, South Carolina
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.

Miss Moats began her writing career in 1933 when she was commissioned to write No Nice Girl Swears, a somewhat tongue-in-cheek book of etiquette. She then served as a foreign correspondent for Collier's magazine in Japan
Japan
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, China
China
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, the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
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, and other countries. In 1943 she used these experiences to write her favorite book, Blind Date with Mars, about a journey through the Far East. She later became a columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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. A political conservative, and Roman Catholic, she contributed to the National Review
National Review
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 in the 1960's.

Though she claimed to have been engaged eight times, Miss Moats never married.
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