Clare Boothe Luce (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Clare Boothe Luce (lews), one of the most talented and versatile women of the twentieth century, was born into genteel poverty to Ann Snyder, a former chorus girl, and William Franklin Boothe, a violinist and itinerant businessman. Her father moved his family from city to city until he deserted Ann Clare Boothe and her younger brother, David. With the aid of friends and scholarships, Clare attended private schools: St. Mary’s Cathedral School in Garden City, New York, and Miss Mason’s School, “The Castle,” in Tarrytown, New York, graduating in 1919. For a brief time, she studied...
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