American author, politician, ambassador and public conservative figure Clare Boothe Luce was born on this day, March 10, in 1903. According to Wikipedia, politically, Luce was a leading conservative in later life and was well known for her anti-communism.

In her youth, she briefly aligned herself with the liberalism of President Franklin Roosevelt as a protégé of Bernard Baruch, but later became an outspoken critic of Roosevelt. Read more.

Boothe Luce was the wife of Henry Luce, publisher of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated.