Fear of a Nonwhite Planet: Clare Boothe Luce, Race, and American Foreign Policy

Abstract

Clare Boothe Luce was arguably one of the most well-known and controversial women in midcentury America. Journalist and playwright, Connecticut Republican congresswoman and New York socialite, she was also the first American woman to be assigned to a major diplomatic post, as she was the U.S. ambassador to Italy from 1953 to 1956.