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Clare Boothe Luce (view source)
Revision as of 19:46, September 25, 2021
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Following the conclusion of the world war, Luce turned her attention to the atrocities of Eastern [[communism]], contending that the [[Soviet Union]] "incorporated the Nazi technique of murder."<ref name=history.house.gov/>
Following the conclusion of the world war, Luce turned her attention to the atrocities of Eastern [[communism]], contending that the [[Soviet Union]] "incorporated the Nazi technique of murder."<ref name=history.house.gov/>
====Family tragedy, House retirement====
While campaigning in 1944, Luce's 19 year-old daughter Ann Clare was killed in an automobile accident.<ref name=nytimes/> The tragedy ended some of her political hopes, and she declined to seek re-election to a third House term in the [[1946 Midterm Elections|1946 midterms]].<ref name=history.house.gov/>
===Later political involvement===
===Later political involvement===