OCTOBER 13, 2007 - JANUARY 5, 2008
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Mrs. Henry R. Luce née Clare Booth 1903 – 1987 Voted one of the best dressed women in the world six times, Clare Booth Luce had an illustrious career as a writer, congresswoman, and ambassador. Her most successful play, The Women (1936) was adapted for the screen in 1939. In 1940, she traveled to Europe as a journalist to cover World War II and, two years later, she won a Republican seat in the House of Representatives. In 1953, President Eisenhower appointed her Ambassador to Italy; the first American woman ambassador to a major country. In 1965, due to her childhood connection to Chicago, Clare Booth Luce donated many items to the Chicago History Museum, including three evening gowns from Balenciaga. |
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