Good morning,
The forecast for Whitewater today is for a rainy day, with a high temperature of fifty degrees.
There’s a meeting today in Whitewater of the Indian Mounds Park Committee (that group is seeking a name change to ‘Whitewater Mounds Archaeological Preserve’) at 5 p.m. today.
The Wisconsin Historical Society reports that in 1903, Clare Boothe Luce was born. She was a pioneer in many fields, and the Historical Society describes her life:
1903 – Clare Boothe Luce Born
On this date playwrite and diplomat Clare Booth Luce was born in New York. She began her career editing for Vogue and Vanity Fair. She married publisher Henry Luce in 1935. Her play The Women, satirizing wealthy New York matrons, was a success on Broadway. Other hits were Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1938) and Margin for Error (1939). She was twice elected to the House of Representatives (1943-47) as a Republican from Connecticut. During the Eisenhower administration (1953-56) she served as ambassador to Italy. Clare Boothe Luce lived in Marinette, Wisconsin for part of her life.