40-804: Morano may refer to: People [ edit ] Albert P. Morano (1908–1987), American politician Emma Morano (1899–2017), Italian supercentenarian Jacinto Morano (born 1984), Spanish lawyer and politician Juan Morano (1941–2018), Spanish politician Maddalena Caterina Morano (1847–1908), Italian beatified Roman Catholic nun Marc Morano (born 1968), American climate change denier and journalist Michael L. Morano (1915–2000), American politician Nadine Morano (born 1963), French politician Pellegrino Morano (1877–unknown), American mobster Reed Morano (born 1977), American cinematographer and director Sue Morano (born 1960), American politician Places [ edit ] Morano sul Po ,
80-459: A 19-year-old senior at Stanford University , was killed in an automobile accident. As a result of the tragedy, Luce explored psychotherapy and religion. After grief counseling with Bishop Fulton Sheen , she was received into the Catholic Church in 1946. She became an ardent essayist and lecturer in celebration of her faith, and she was ultimately honored by being named a Dame of Malta . As
120-528: A Broadway smash in 1936 and, three years later, a successful Hollywood movie known for its exclusively female cast. Toward the end of her life, Luce claimed that for half a century, she had steadily received royalties from productions of The Women all around the world. Later in the 1930s, she wrote two more successful, but less durable plays, also both made into movies: Kiss the Boys Goodbye and Margin for Error . The latter work "presented an all-out attack on
160-523: A Waif . After a tour of Europe with her mother and stepfather, Dr. Albert E. Austin , whom Ann Boothe married in 1919, she became interested in the women's suffrage movement, and she was hired by Alva Belmont to work for the National Woman's Party in Washington, D.C. and Seneca Falls, New York . She wed George Tuttle Brokaw , millionaire heir to a New York clothing fortune, on August 10, 1923, at
200-635: A charismatic and forceful public speaker, especially after her conversion to Catholicism in 1946, she campaigned for every Republican presidential candidate from Wendell Willkie to Ronald Reagan . Luce was born Ann Clare Boothe in New York City on March 10, 1903, the second child of Anna Clara Schneider (also known as Ann Snyder Murphy, Ann Boothe, and Ann Clare Austin) and William Franklin Boothe (also known as "John J. Murphy" and "Jord Murfe"). Her parents were not married and would separate in 1912. Her father,
240-623: A habit for either of the Luces, a friend (and biographer of Clare), Wilfred Sheed , wrote that Clare made use of it at least several times. The Luces stayed together until Henry's death from a heart attack in 1967. As one of the great "power couples" in American history, they were bonded by their mutual interests and complementary, if contrasting, characters. They treated each other with respect in public, never more so than when he willingly acted as his wife's consort during her years as ambassador to Italy. She
280-716: A memorial to her daughter, beginning in 1949 she funded the construction of a Catholic church in Palo Alto for use by the Stanford campus ministry. The new Saint Ann Chapel was dedicated in 1951. It was sold by the diocese in 1998 and in 2003 became a church of the Anglican Province of Christ the King . The marriage between Clare and Henry was difficult. Henry was by any standard extremely successful, but his physical awkwardness, lack of humor, and newsman's discomfort with any conversation that
320-613: A place in Alessandria, Italy Morano Calabro , a place in Cosenza, Italy Other uses [ edit ] Morano (publishing house) Marrano , a Jew of the Iberian peninsula who maintained a private religious identity behind a façade of Catholicism Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Morano . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
360-756: A post that oversaw 1150 employees, 8 consulates, and 9 information centers. She was confirmed by the Senate in March 1953, the first American woman ever to hold such an important diplomatic post. Italians reacted skeptically at first to the arrival of a female ambassador in Rome, but Luce soon convinced those of moderate and conservative temper that she favored their civilization and religion. "Her admirers in Italy – and she had millions – fondly referred to her as la Signora, 'the lady'." The country's large Communist minority, however, regarded her as
400-596: A seat the following year on the House Military Affairs Committee after she was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1942. Luce never wrote an autobiography but willed her enormous archive of personal papers to the Library of Congress . In 1942, Luce won a seat in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican comprising the whole of Fairfield County, Connecticut ,
440-468: A sophisticated man and a brilliant violinist, instilled in his daughter a love of literature, if not of music, but had trouble holding a job and spent years as a traveling salesman. Parts of young Clare's childhood were spent in Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee , Chicago, Illinois , and Union City, New Jersey as well as New York City . Clare Boothe had an elder brother, David Franklin Boothe. She attended
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#1732913837897480-501: A stage and film actress. As a professional writer, Luce continued to use her maiden name. In 1939 she commissioned Frida Kahlo to paint a portrait of the late Dorothy Hale . Kahlo produced The Suicide Of Dorothy Hale . Luce was appalled and almost destroyed it; however, Isamu Noguchi dissuaded her. Luce later anonymously donated the painting to the Phoenix Art Museum . On January 11, 1944, her only child, Ann Clare Brokaw,
520-412: A volume of short stories, in 1931. Scribner's Magazine compared the work to Evelyn Waugh 's Vile Bodies for its bitter humor. The New York Times found it socially superficial, but praised its "lovely festoons of epigrams" and beguiling stylishness: "What malice there may be in these pages has a felinity that is the purest Angoran ." The book's device of characters interlinked from story to story
560-633: A war because he did not have the political courage to lead us into it." During her second term, Luce was instrumental in the creation of the Atomic Energy Commission and, during the course of two tours of Allied battlefronts in Europe, she campaigned for more support of what she considered to be America's forgotten army in Italy. She was present at the liberation of several Nazi concentration camps in April 1945, and after V-E Day , she began warning against
600-484: The 1952 presidential election . Boothe led a group of women delegates to the 1952 Republican National Convention who sought to nominate Margaret Chase Smith in the balloting for vice presidential nominee. Mrs. Smith, however, requested not to be proposed at the convention as a vice presidential delegate. Noting that presidential nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower 's supporters had coalesced around Richard Nixon for vice president, Luce withdrew her nomination of Smith for
640-444: The 4th Congressional District . She based her platform on three goals: "One, to win the war. Two, to prosecute that war as loyally and effectively as we can as Republicans. Three, to bring about a better world and a durable peace, with special attention to post-war security and employment here at home." She took up the seat formerly held by her late stepfather, Dr. Albert Austin . An outspoken critic of Roosevelt's foreign policy, Luce
680-571: The Nazis ' racist philosophy". Its opening night in Princeton, New Jersey , on October 14, 1939, was attended by Albert Einstein and Thomas Mann . Otto Preminger directed and starred in both the Broadway production and screen adaptation . Much of Luce's famously acid wit ("No good deed goes unpunished", "Widowhood is a fringe benefit of marriage", "A hospital is no place to be sick") can be traced back to
720-565: The China-Burma-India theater. Being in the right place at the right time and easy access to key commanders made her an influential figure on both sides of the Atlantic. She endured bombing raids and other dangers in Europe and the Far East . She did not hesitate to criticize the unwarlike lifestyle of General Sir Claude Auchinleck 's Middle East Command. One draft article for Life , noting that
760-581: The Spring was the result of a four-month tour of Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, and France in 1939–1940 as a correspondent for Life magazine. She described the widening battleground of World War II as "a world where men have decided to die together because they are unable to find a way to live together." In 1941, Luce and her husband toured China and reported on the status of the country and its war with Japan . Her profile of General Douglas MacArthur
800-512: The age of 20. They had one daughter, Ann Clare Brokaw (1924–1944) who was killed in a car accident. According to Boothe, Brokaw was a hopeless alcoholic , and the marriage ended in divorce on May 20, 1929. On November 23, 1935, she married Henry Luce , the publisher of Time , Life , and Fortune . She thereafter called herself Clare Boothe Luce, a frequently misspelled name that was often confused with that of her exact contemporary Claire Luce ,
840-426: The campaigns of John F. Kennedy , who became the 35th U.S. president. Dahl, who became a very successful author after the war, was at the time a young RAF fighter pilot, temporarily assigned to Washington. He was part of a plan developed by spymaster Sir William Stephenson (code name "Intrepid"), intended to weaken American isolationist thinking by influencing, among others, American journalists and politicians. Dahl
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#1732913837897880-574: The cathedral schools in Garden City and Tarrytown, New York , graduating first in her class in 1919 at 16. Her ambitious mother's initial plan for her was to become an actress. Clare understudied Mary Pickford on Broadway at age 10, and had her Broadway debut in Mrs. Henry B. Harris' production of "The Dummy" in 1914, a detective comedy. She then had a small part in Thomas Edison's 1915 movie, The Heart of
920-555: The convention's vice presidential balloting. During the general election, Boothe campaigned on behalf of the Eisenhower–Nixon ticket, giving more than 100 speeches on its behalf. Her anti-Communist speeches on the stump , radio, and television were effective in persuading a large number of traditionally Democratic-voting Catholics to switch parties and vote Eisenhower. Eisenhower rewarded Luce for her contributions to his presidential campaign by appointing her as ambassador to Italy,
960-412: The days when, as a wealthy young divorcee in the early 1930s, she became a caption writer at Vogue and then, associate editor and managing editor of Vanity Fair . She not only edited the works of such humorists as P. G. Wodehouse and Corey Ford but also contributed many comic pieces of her own, signed and unsigned. Another branch of Luce's literary career was that of war journalism . Europe in
1000-472: The general lived far from the Egyptian front in a houseboat, and mocking RAF pilots as "flying fairies", was discovered by British Customs when she passed through Trinidad in April 1942. It caused such Allied consternation that she briefly faced house arrest. Coincidentally or not, Auchinleck was fired a few months later by Winston Churchill . Her varied experiences in all the major war theaters qualified her for
1040-552: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morano&oldid=1163235932 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Place name disambiguation pages Italian-language surnames Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Albert P. Morano Albert Paul Morano (January 18, 1908 – December 16, 1987)
1080-537: The rise of international Communism as another form of totalitarianism, likely to lead to World War III . In 1946, she was the co-author of the Luce–Celler Act of 1946 , which permitted Indians and Filipinos to immigrate to the US, introducing a quota of 100 immigrants from each country, and allowed them ultimately to become naturalized citizens. Luce did not run for re-election in 1946. Luce returned to politics during
1120-952: The three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1959). Morano voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 . He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958. He served as special assistant to United States Senator Thomas J. Dodd from 1963 to 1969. He was a resident of Greenwich, Connecticut , until his death there on December 16, 1987. He was interred in Saint Mary's Cemetery . Clare Boothe Luce Defunct Newspapers Journals TV channels Websites Other Economics Gun rights Identity politics Nativist Religion Watchdog groups Youth/student groups Miscellaneous Other Clare Boothe Luce ( née Ann Clare Boothe ; March 10, 1903 – October 9, 1987)
1160-660: The world to be given free access to US airports. She called for repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act , comparing its "doctrine of race theology" to Adolf Hitler 's, advocated aid for war victims abroad, and sided with the administration on issues such as infant-care and maternity appropriations for the wives of enlisted men. Nevertheless, Roosevelt took a dislike to her and campaigned in 1944 to attempt to prevent her re-election, publicly calling her "a sharp-tongued glamor girl of forty." She retaliated by accusing Roosevelt of being "the only American president who ever lied us into
1200-639: Was instructed to romance Clare, who was thirteen years his senior, to see if, with the right kind of encouragement, she could warm to the British position. The very tall (6'6") and athletic Dahl later claimed he found his affair with Clare to be so physically demanding that he had begged the British ambassador to relieve him of the task, but the ambassador told him he must continue. In the early 1960s, both Luces were friends of philosopher, author, and LSD advocate Gerald Heard . They tried LSD one time under his careful supervision. Although taking LSD never turned into
1240-528: Was Secretary to Representative Albert E. Austin in 1939 and 1940. He engaged in the real estate and insurance business in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1942. He then served as Secretary to Representative Clare Boothe Luce 1943-1947, and State unemployment benefits commissioner 1947-1950, serving as chairman of the commission in 1949 and 1950. Morano was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second and to
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1280-647: 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 . Although she was a strong supporter of the Anglo-American alliance in World War II , she remained outspokenly critical of British colonialism in India . Known as
1320-429: Was always a careful balancing act for Henry since he did not want to be accused of nepotism. It has been reported that their marriage was sexually "open". Clare Luce's lovers included Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy , Randolph Churchill , General Lucian Truscott , General Charles Willoughby , and Roald Dahl . Joseph P. Kennedy was the father of several United States politicians. Clare Luce at times provided advice to
1360-586: Was an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut . Born in Paterson, New Jersey to Italian immigrants, Morano moved to Greenwich, Connecticut in 1912 and attended the public schools there. He served as member of Greenwich Board of Tax Review 1933-1935, and as chairman of the Chickahominy (area within Greenwich) Town Meeting District 1935-1937. He
1400-415: Was an American writer, politician, U.S. ambassador , and public conservative figure. A versatile author, she is best known for her 1936 hit play The Women , which had an all-female cast. Her writings extended from drama and screen scenarios to fiction, journalism, and war reportage. She was married to Henry Luce , publisher of Time , Life , Fortune , and Sports Illustrated . Politically, Luce
1440-479: Was borrowed from Sherwood Anderson 's Winesburg, Ohio (1919), but it impressed Andre Maurois , who asked Luce's permission to imitate it. Luce also published many magazine articles. She was also a playwright. After the failure of her initial stage effort, the marital melodrama Abide With Me (1935), she rapidly followed up with a satirical comedy, The Women . Deploying a cast of no fewer than 40 actresses who discussed men in often scorching language, it became
1480-628: Was never able to convert him to Catholicism (he was the son of a Presbyterian missionary) but he did not question the sincerity of her faith, often attended Mass with her, and defended her when she was criticized by his fellow Protestants. In the early years of her widowhood, she retired to the luxurious beach house that she and her husband had planned in Honolulu, but boredom with life in what she called "this fur-lined rut" brought her back to Washington, D.C. for increasingly long periods. She made her final home there in 1983. Luce published Stuffed Shirts ,
1520-511: Was not strictly factual put him in awe of his beautiful wife's social poise, wit, and fertile imagination. Clare's years as managing editor of Vanity Fair left her with an avid interest in journalism (she suggested the idea of Life magazine to her husband before it was developed internally). Henry himself was generous in encouraging her to write for Life , but the question of how much coverage she should be accorded in Time , as she grew more famous,
1560-676: Was on the cover of Life on December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor . After the United States entered the war, Luce toured military installations in Africa, India, China, and Burma , compiling a further series of reports for Life . She published interviews with General Harold Alexander , commander of British troops in the Middle East, Chiang Kai-shek , Jawaharlal Nehru , and General Stilwell , commander of American troops in
1600-542: Was supported by isolationists and conservatives in Congress, and she was appointed early to the prestigious House Military Affairs Committee. Although she was by no means the only female representative on the floor, her beauty, wealth, and penchant for slashing witticisms caused her to be treated patronizingly by colleagues of both sexes. She made a debut in her maiden speech, coining the phrase "globaloney" to disparage Vice President Henry Wallace 's recommendation for airlines of
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