【美国人物志】克莱尔·布思卢斯 (9/9)

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卢斯夫人（Clare Boothe Luce，1903—1987）：美国女文学家、剧作家、新闻世业家、外交家，生于纽约，为美国报业巨星亨利·卢斯之夫人，1946年改入天主教。1953—1957年任美国驻意大利大使，为美第一位女大使，1957年获Laetare奖，又获西·塞耶奖。
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Clare Boothe Luce
Phoenix
Arizona
Henry
Honolulu
Hawaii
President' s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
Washington D.C
Ronald Reagan
South Carolina

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Clare Boothe Luce retired from public life. She and her husband moved to Phoenix, Arizona. Henry Luce died there in 1967. He was 68 years old. Mrs. Luce moved to Honolulu, Hawaii. She lived there until the early 1980s. During that period, she served as an advisor to three presidents. She was a member of the President' s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Then Mrs. Luce moved to Washington D.C. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. That is the highest honor a president can give to an American citizen. Clare Boothe Luce had a long battle with cancer. She died at her home in 1987. She was 84 years old. She was buried near the remains of her husband in the state of South Carolina. Experts said Clare Boothe Luce had enough important jobs in government, the media and the arts to satisfy several women. She was often on the list of the ten most important and admired women in the world.