Clare Boothe Luce
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Clare Boothe Luce was an American
United States
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 playwright
Playwright
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, editor
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, journalist
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, ambassador
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, socialite
Socialite
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 and U.S. Congresswoman
United States House of Representatives
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, representing the state of Connecticut
Connecticut
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Luce was born Ann Clare Boothe in New York City on March 10, 1903, the second child of dancer Anna Clara Schneider (aka Anna Snyder; aka Anne Boothe) and William Franklin Boothe. Her parents were not married and would separate in 1912. Her father, a violin
Violin
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ist and patent-medicine salesman, instilled in his daughter a love of music
Music
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 and literature
Literature
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