Editing Clare Boothe Luce (section)

==Legacy==

===Feminism===

Revered in her later years as a heroine of the feminist movement, Luce had mixed feelings about the role of women in society. As a congresswoman in 1943, she was invited to co-sponsor a submission of the [[Equal Rights Amendment]], offered by Representative [[Louis Ludlow]] of Indiana, but claimed that the invitation got lost in her mail.<ref>Bridgeport [CT] ''Herald'', February 28, 1943.</ref> Luce never ceased to advise women to marry and provide supportive homes for their husbands. (During her ambassadorial years, at a dinner in Luxembourg attended by many European dignitaries, Luce was heard declaiming that all women wanted from men was "babies and security".)<ref>C. L. Sulzberger, ''A Long Row of Candles'' (Macmillan, New York, 1969), 916.</ref> 

Luce bequeathed a large part of her personal fortune of some $50 million to an academic program, the Clare Boothe Luce Program, designed to encourage the entry of women into technological fields traditionally dominated by men. In 2017, she was inducted into the [[National Women's Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/ten-women-added-to-national-womens-hall-of-fame-in-seneca-falls/812712663 |title=Ten women added to National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca |publisher=Localsyr.com |date=September 17, 2017 |access-date=September 28, 2017}}</ref>

===Clare Boothe Luce Program===

Since 1989, the Clare Boothe Luce Program (CBLP) has become a significant source of private funding support for women in science, mathematics, and engineering. All awards must be used exclusively in the United States (not applicable for travel or study abroad). Student recipients must be U.S. citizens and faculty recipients must be citizens or permanent residents. Thus far, the program has supported more than 1,500 women.

The terms of the bequest require the following criteria:
# at least fifty percent of the awards go to Roman Catholic colleges, universities, and one high school ([[Villanova Preparatory School]])
# grants are made only to four-year degree-granting institutions, not directly to individuals

The program is divided into three distinct categories:
# undergraduate scholarships and research awards
# graduate and post-doctoral fellowships
# tenure-track appointment support at the assistant or associate professorship level<ref name="CBLgrants"/>

===Conservatism===

The [[Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute]] (CBLPI) was founded in 1993 by Michelle Easton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cblpi.org/about/|title=About – Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute|website=cblpi.org|access-date=August 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831065424/http://www.cblpi.org/about/|archive-date=August 31, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> The non-profit [[think tank]] seeks to advance American women through conservative ideas and espouses much the same philosophy as that of Clare Boothe Luce, in terms of both foreign and domestic policy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cblpi.org/issues/|title=Issues – Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute|website=cblpi.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826231934/http://www.cblpi.org/issues/|archive-date=August 26, 2013}}</ref> The CBLPI sponsors a program that brings conservative speakers such as conservative commentator [[Ann Coulter]] to college campuses.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Righting Feminism: Conservative Women and American Politics|url=https://archive.org/details/rightingfeminism00schr|url-access=limited|last=Schreiber|first=Ronnee|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2008|page=[https://archive.org/details/rightingfeminism00schr/page/n32 22]|isbn=978-0-19-533181-3}}</ref>

The [[Clare Boothe Luce Award]], established in 1991, is [[the Heritage Foundation]]'s highest award for distinguished contributions to the conservative movement. Prominent recipients include [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Margaret Thatcher]], and [[William F. Buckley Jr.]]<ref name=Rankin>{{cite news|title=Heritage of conservatism is ongoing after 25 years|first=Margaret|last=Rankin |newspaper=[[The Washington Times]] |date=December 12, 1997}}</ref><ref name=BBC>{{cite news|title=Thatcher praises Blair's support for US|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/2560767.stm|newspaper=BBC News|date=December 10, 2002|access-date=February 16, 2011}}</ref><ref name=Buckley>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/author/79808/bio|title=William F. Buckley Jr|date=May 18, 2006|publisher=National Review Online|access-date=February 16, 2011}}</ref>