Clare Booth Luce
(April 10, 1903 – October 9, 1987)
Wardman Park Apartments, 2660 Woodley Rd. NW, Woodley Park neighborhood, DC.
A published playwright and journalist, Luce also served in the House of Representatives (R-CT). She was later named ambassador to Italy and Brazil, and awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan.
Luce was a managing editor for Vanity Fair, and a writer for Life Magazine and McCall's. She wrote six plays, including Abide with Me (1935), The Women (1936), Child of the Morning (1951) and Slam the Door Softly (1970).
Watergate Apartments, 2639 I St. NW, Foggy Bottom neighborhood, DC.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Author photo courtesy of Library of Congress.
