Clare Boothe Luce
Writer and former United States RepresentativeWikipedia
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Oct 8, 2026
Cheryl HughesGUEST
When I was in grad school, almost all of my papers I would center on some woman or another.
Cheryl HughesGUEST
And so I was going to do a, a biography of Cl- uh, Clare Boothe Luce.
Cheryl HughesGUEST
If you know where she, who she is, she was a congresswoman, uh, a writer.
Cheryl HughesGUEST
She, um, was married to Henry Luce, who owned Time, Time Inc.
Cheryl HughesGUEST
And so they were the, the power couple, uh, in the, in the 70, through, you know, from the 40, 50s, 60s, and 70s.
Cheryl HughesGUEST
Um, but lo and behold, as I was researching her, I found that she was brought into the church by Fulton Sheen.
Cheryl HughesGUEST
So I thought, "Aha, that sounds really interesting." And then somebody just came out with a t- at that time, a two-volume work on Clare Boothe Luce, which is probably more everyb- anybody ever needs to know about her-
Lori BalderasHOST
[laughs]
Jeff CrudeleHOST
I'd know you anywhere.
Jeff CrudeleHOST
You're Clare Boothe Luce." [chuckles] Well, Dorothy giggled.
Jeff CrudeleHOST
Clare Boothe Luce was 60, former ambassador to Italy, married to the publisher of Time, a serious figure in conservative politics.
Jeff CrudeleHOST
Here he was telling a 50-year-old Broadway columnist that she looked like that woman.
Jeff CrudeleHOST
That was a compliment and a tease all at the same time.
Tim StaplesGUEST
Oh
Cy KellettHOST
... talking about that, Virginia Mayo, Clare Boothe Luce.
Tim StaplesGUEST
Yeah.
Cy KellettHOST
Uh, uh-
Marie OsborneCORRESPONDENT
He went on to become a priest, an educator, author, bishop, all of that while raising millions of dollars for Cr- Catholic missions around the world.
Marie OsborneCORRESPONDENT
In 1953, he beat out TV legends like Lucille Ball and Edward R. Murrow for the Emmy for most outstanding TV personality, and in his acceptance speech he thanked, quote, "My four writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John." He converted celebrities like Clare Boothe Luce and Henry Ford II.
Marie OsborneCORRESPONDENT
Um, now today organizers say they've given out 48,000 tickets.
Marie OsborneCORRESPONDENT
Those have been distributed.