Editing Clare Boothe Luce (section)

===Presidential Medal of Freedom===
President Reagan awarded her the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]<ref name=CBLPI>{{cite web|title=Writer, Diplomat Clare Boothe Luce|url=http://www.cblpi.org/about/clare.cfm|publisher=Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute|access-date=May 29, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421172618/http://www.cblpi.org/about/clare.cfm|archive-date=April 21, 2012}}</ref> in 1983. She was the first female member of Congress to receive this award.<ref name=Homan2011>{{cite web|last=Homan|first=Paul|title=Women in Government: Clare Boothe Luce|url=http://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/women-in-government-clare-boothe-luce|access-date=May 29, 2012|date=October 5, 2011}}</ref>

Upon presenting her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Reagan said this of Luce:
{{blockquote|A novelist, playwright, politician, diplomat, and advisor to Presidents, Clare Boothe Luce has served and enriched her country in many fields. Her brilliance of mind, gracious warmth and great fortitude have propelled her to exceptional heights of accomplishment. As a Congresswoman, Ambassador, and Member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, Clare Boothe Luce has been a persistent and effective advocate of freedom, both at home and abroad. She has earned the respect of people from all over the world, and the love of her fellow Americans.<ref name=UTexas1983>{{cite web|title=Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the Presidential Medal of Freedom|url=http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1983/22383c.htm|publisher=University of Texas|access-date=May 29, 2012|location=East Room at the White House|date=February 23, 1983|archive-date=October 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011053642/http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1983/22383c.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}