Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1903, Mar. 10 | Born Ann Clare Boothe |
| 1912-1913 | Understudy to Mary Pickford in A Good Little Devil |
| 1914 | Understudy to Joyce Fair in The Dummy |
| 1915 | Acted small part in silent short film The Heart of a Waif |
| 1915-1916 | Attended Cathedral School of St. Mary's, Garden City, Long Island, N.Y. |
| 1917-1919 | Attended Castle School, Tarrytown, N.Y. |
| 1923, Aug. 10 | Married George Tuttle Brokaw (divorced 1929) |
| 1924, Aug. 12 | Daughter Ann Clare Brokaw born (died Jan. 11, 1944) |
| 1929 | Caption writer, Vogue Junior editor, Vanity Fair |
| 1930-1932 | Associate editor, Vanity Fair |
| 1931 | Published Stuffed Shirts. New York: H. Liveright, Inc. |
| 1932-1934 | Managing editor, Vanity Fair |
| 1934-1935 | "Abide with Me" staged at Beechwood Theater, Scarborough, N.Y; Ritz Theater, New York, N.Y. |
| 1935, Nov. 23 | Married Henry Robinson Luce (died 1967) |
| 1936-1938 | The Women played 657 performances at the Ethel Barrymore Theater, New York, N.Y.; published New York: Random House, 1937 |
| 1938 | First of numerous international productions of The Women, including theaters in London, Vienna, Paris; revivals in New York City in 1973 and in 1986 in London, England Kiss the Boys Goodbye staged in New York, N.Y.; published New York: Random House, 1939; and released as a motion picture, 1941 |
| 1939 | Release of The Women as a motion picture; remade as a musical film entitled "The Opposite Sex," 1956 Margin for Error staged in New York, N.Y.; published New York: Random House, 1940; and released as a motion picture, 1943 |
| 1940 | Published Europe in the Spring. New York: Alfred A. Knopf Campaigned for Republican presidential candidate Wendell L. Willkie |
| 1941-1942 | Toured China, Burma, India, Philippines, North Africa, and Europe as war correspondent for Life magazine |
| 1942-1946 | Elected to Congress from the fourth congressional district of Connecticut; member of House Military Affairs Committee, 1943-1946, and Joint Committee for Control of Atomic Energy, 1945-1946 |
| 1944, June 27 | First woman keynote speaker, Republican National Convention, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1944-1945 | Toured European battlefront with congressional delegation |
| 1946 | Converted to Roman Catholicism |
| 1947 | Published "The Real Reason," McCall's magazine |
| 1948-1986 | Syndicated newspaper columnist |
| 1949 | Release of motion picture Come to the Stable |
| 1951 | Child of the Morning (play) staged in Boston, Mass. |
| 1952 | Edited Saints for Now. New York: Sheed and Ward |
| 1953-1956 | Ambassador to Italy |
| 1959 | Confirmed ambassador to Brazil by Senate; resigned before taking office |
| 1973-1977, 1980-1986 | Member, President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board |
| 1987, Oct. 9 | Died, Washington, D.C. |