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'''Ann Clare Boothe Luce''' (March 10, 1903 – October 9, 1987) was an author, playwright, and diplomat from [[New York City]] who represented [[Connecticut]]'s 4th congressional district in the [[United States House of Representatives]] for two terms. She is mostly known for her tenure as U.S. Ambassador to Italy under the [[Eisenhower Administration]], where she was an outspoken [[anti-Communist]].
 
'''Ann Clare Boothe Luce''' (March 10, 1903 – October 9, 1987) was an author, playwright, and diplomat from [[New York City]] who represented [[Connecticut]]'s 4th congressional district in the [[United States House of Representatives]] for two terms. She is mostly known for her tenure as U.S. Ambassador to Italy under the [[Eisenhower Administration]], where she was an outspoken [[anti-Communist]].
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Luce summed up her philosophy with the phrase:<ref name=history.house.gov>[https://history.house.gov/People/detail/17213 LUCE, Clare Boothe]. ''US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref>
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{{cquote|America first but not only.}}
    
==Political career==
 
==Political career==
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Prior to her fiercely anti-communist, conservative-oriented politics, Luce was at one point a supporter of President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s New Deal programs in the 1930s as the [[Great Depression]] devastated Americans.<ref name=history.house.gov>[https://history.house.gov/People/detail/17213 LUCE, Clare Boothe]. ''US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref> She later broke from FDR.
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Prior to her fiercely anti-communist, conservative-oriented politics, Luce was at one point a supporter of President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s New Deal programs in the 1930s as the [[Great Depression]] devastated Americans.<ref name=history.house.gov/> She later broke from FDR.
    
===U.S. House of Representatives===
 
===U.S. House of Representatives===
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