2008Clare Boothe LuceCalendar Policy Institute Now andAuthor Not Jennifer Yet Marshall signs her book, the Conservative Women’s, for Luce Network staffer inCamille June Hart2007. at
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Smart, the magazine for the sharp, intellectual—and fashion- waiting inGlamour, a supermarket you see checkout line, and instead of seeing all those tacky liberal women’s Cosmopolitan and Imaginemagazines like conscious—conservative woman. Instead of, say, Paris Hilton gracing the cover in all her vacant glory, you see Star Parkerare proud or Michelle to present Malkin to you modeling the latest professional styles. And rather than being bombarded with teasers like “50 ways to make him want you,” your eyes are drawn to “10 policy positions that will make him crazy.” That would be worth your four dollars. The Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute doesn’t publish a magazine—yet. But we exclusive photos of your our 4th annual Great American Conservative Women Calendar. It features smart, beautiful women we send to college campuses every year to impact the lives of young women. And as a special treat,for 2008 we hired our own photographer to capture a unique portrait of each woman in a setting that reflects their individuality. The result is a one-of-a-kind calendar filled with favorite conservative all-stars. Now that’s smart! President, Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute President, Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute President, Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute President, Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute
College women from around the country gather together after a Luce Mentoring Luncheon featuring Kate Obenshain. The summer 2007 luncheon was held as a part of the National Conservative Student Conference in Washington, DC.
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PUBLISHER Michelle Easton Michelle Easton KEY STAFF Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute President 112 Elden Street, Suite P DESIGN BY Jessica Cantelon Herndon, VA 20170 Frank Donatelli Michelle Easton Willa Johnson (888) 891-4288 Secretary / Treasurer President Receptionist COPY EDITOR Kristen Johnson www.cblpi.org ounded in 1993, the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Mary Beth Brown Jessica Cantelon Kathleen McKann PHOTOGRAPHY BY KochFoto Marketing Director Lecture Director Institute’s mission is to prepare women for Russell Hershon Photography F Barb Kenney effective leadership and to promote leading Brooke Green Melissa Mullins Twin Lens Photo conservative women. The Institute strives to Ursula Meese Development Officer Marketing Assistant advance America’s women by promoting and preserving conservative principles.The Institute Darla Partridge Camille Hart Jeanne O’Connor provides educational, networking, and mentoring Assistant to the President Administrative Director This 2008 Great American Conservative Women Randall Brooks Phillips Calendar is a publication of the Clare Boothe Luce opportunities for conservative women across the Policy Institute, a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. Kristen Johnson Lil Tuttle country, advancing ideas that are pro-America, pro- Marji Ross Comptroller Education Director free enterprise, pro-religion, and pro-family. “Speak from your heart, using your mind.” – Bay Buchanan
Photo by KochFoto Bay Buchanan
cblpi.org Bay Buchanan has January 2008 spent the past thirty years in politics and Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday was appointed by LEFT: Bay interacts 1 2 3 4 5 President Ronald with student leaders at the Reagan to be the CBLPI headquarters youngest U.S. Treasurer following a February 2007 Activism in American history. Seminar. New Year’s Day A frequent political commentator on 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 television, she has worked for CNBC/ MSNBC, as well as CNN. She is the author of the 2007 book, The 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Extreme Makeover of Hillary (Rodham) Clinton. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
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23 24 25 26 27 28 29 24 25 26 27 28 29 ABOVE: Bay delivers a Luce campus lecture at Emmanuel 30 31 College in September 2006. “The answer to poverty is faith, freedom and ownership.” – Star Parker
Photo by KochFoto Star Parker
cblpi.org A self-described “former February 2008 welfare queen,” Star Parker is a leading Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday spokesperson for conservative causes, with JANUARY regular appearances on RIGHT: Following her lecture at the September 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 ABC, BBC, BET, CNN, 2007 Conservative Women’s Network, Star 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 C-SPAN, and FOX. She (third from left) gathers with Luce staff (left to 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 right) Brooke Green, Michelle Easton, Jessica is the author of Pimps, 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Cantelon, Jeanne O’Connor and fall 2007 Whores & Welfare Brats, intern Ashley Herzog (Ohio University). 27 28 29 30 31 Uncle Sam’s Plantation, National Freedom Day Groundhog Day and White Ghetto: How Middle Class America 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Reflects Inner City Decay. She also provides weekly commentary for 400
Ronald Reagan’s Birthday newspapers nationwide. Star is the founder and Ash Wednesday president of the Coalition on Urban Renewal and 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Education (CURE).
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MARCH 24 25 26 27 28 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ABOVE: Star signs her picture in 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 CBLPI’s 2007 Great American 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Conservative Calendar for students at the 2007 Conservative 30 31 Political Action Conference. “Freedom is the wellspring that nourishes our humanity. We must protect it with all our being.” – Grace-Marie Turner
Photo by Russell Hershon Photography Grace-Marie Turner
cblpi.org Grace-Marie Turner is March 2008 president of the Galen Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Institute, a public policy research organization FEBRUARY APRIL LEFT: Following her talk on healthcare at 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 that she founded in the March 2007 Conservative Women’s 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1995 to promote an Network, Grace-Marie greets The Heritage 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Foundation’s Coalition Relations Department Director Bridgett Wagner (center) and CWN 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 informed debate over attendee Connie Marshner. 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30 free-market ideas for health reform. She 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 speaks and writes extensively about incentives to promote a more competitive, consumer-driven 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 marketplace in the health sector.
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ABOVE: Grace-Marie is seated 30 31 at her home beside a statue of Thomas Jefferson penning the Declaration of Independence. “A determined few prevail over a complacent majority.” – Bridgett Wagner
Photo by KochFoto Bridgett Wagner
cblpi.org As Director of the April 2008 Coalition Relations Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Department, Bridgett Wagner currently MARCH MAY 1 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 serves as The Heritage 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Foundation’s liaison to 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 policy organizations, 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 experts and activists 30 31 April Fool’s Day at the state, national 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 and international level. Bridgett has served on the staff at Heritage for
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LEFT: Bridgett joins 27 28 29 30 Conservative Women’s Network April 2006 speaker and Wall Street ABOVE: Bridgett meets with Journal writer Kimberly August 2007 Conservative Strassel (middle) and Women’s Network speaker CBLPI President Michelle Susan Phalen, a Senior Advisor Easton (left). for Iraq Communications at the Department of State. “A feminist uses statistics like a fish uses a bicycle.” – Christina Hoff Sommers
Photo by KochFoto Christina Hoff Sommers cblpi.org May 2008 An expert on culture Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday and morality in
APRIL JUNE American society, LEFT: Christina 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 Christina Hoff Sommers delivers a talk on 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
“Feminist Follies” 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 during the 2007 is the author of the Conservative Political 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Action Conference. 27 28 29 30 29 30 books Who Stole National Day of Prayer Feminism?: How 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Women Have Betrayed Women and The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Is Harming Our Young Men. She is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Mother’s Day Peace Officers Memorial Day Armed Forces Day 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
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ABOVE: Christina (seated center) meets with student leaders from Luce’s Spring 2006 Conservative Activism Seminar at CBLPI Memorial Day (observed) Memorial Day headquarters. “What our country deserves from everyone who enjoys its fruits and freedoms is a little more gratitude—and a lot less greed.” – Michelle Malkin
Photo by KochFoto Michelle Malkin June 2008 cblpi.org Michelle Malkin is a mother, wife, blogger, Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday syndicated columnist,
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Her books include 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Invasion and Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone
Wild. Michelle is also
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MAY JULY LEFT: After receiving 29 30 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 the Luce Institute’s 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2006 Woman of the
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Year Award, Michelle joins students at the ABOVE: Michelle greets Luce 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2006 Conservative summer 2007 intern Clare Girard 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 27 28 29 30 31 Political Action (Franciscan University) at CBLPI’s Conference. Conservative Leadership Seminar on Capitol Hill. “It’s never too early, or too late, to be heard.” – Amanda Carpenter
Photo by KochFoto Amanda Carpenter
cblpi.org Amanda Carpenter July 2008 is a national reporter Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday for Townhall.com and the author of LEFT: Amanda talks 1 2 3 4 5 with Ohio University The Vast Right-Wing student leader Ashley Herzog at Luce’s February 2007 Conspiracy’s Dossier Activism Seminar. on Hillary Rodham Independence Day 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Clinton. Previously, she was a congressional
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15 16 17 18 19 20 21 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ABOVE: Amanda discusses her book, The Vast Right-Wing 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Conspiracy’s Dossier on Hillary 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Clinton, at a Luce “Afternoon with National Korean War 31 an Author” event at the National Veterans Armistice Day Press Club. “The pursuit of liberty is far from easy. But the alternative— watching it diminish under liberalism’s steady assault—is unthinkable.” – Kate Obenshain
Photo by KochFoto Kate Obenshain
cblpi.org An articulate, August 2008 fearless defender of Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday conservative principles, Kate Obenshain is JULY SEPTEMBER RIGHT: Kate (center) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 meets with student a regular guest on leaders at Oberlin 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 College after 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Fox News. As former delivering a Luce 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 campus lecture in 27 28 29 30 31 28 29 30 chairman of the Virginia November 2006. Air Force Day GOP, Griffin garnered 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 national attention when she led the charge against tax increases and the expanding Coast Guard Day role of government at 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 the state and national levels.
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24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ABOVE: Kate (second from right) joins Luce interns (left to right) Catherine Helsley from Randolph- Macon College, Mary Szelistowski 31 from Agnes Scott College and Laura Morales from the University of Texas at San Antonio. “Liberals are stalwart defenders of civil liberties—provided we’re only talking about criminals.” – Ann Coulter
Photo by KochFoto Ann Coulter
cblpi.org Ann Coulter is the September 2008 author of fiveNew York Times bestsellers Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday including Godless: The Church of Liberalism, AUGUST 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 and How to Talk to a 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Liberal (If You Must). 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Coulter is the legal 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
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31 Labor Day Human Events and writes a popular 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 syndicated column for Universal Press Syndicate. She is a frequent guest on many TV shows, including Grandparents’ Day Patriot Day Hannity and Colmes, 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Wolf Blitzer Reports, and The O’Reilly Factor.
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OCTOBER 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 LEFT: Ann Coulter 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 joins Wellesley 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 students after a Luce 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 campus lecture at the ABOVE: Ann Coulter delivers a
26 27 28 29 30 31 college in 2006. speech at Luce’s first “Afternoon with an Author” event at the Rosh Hashanah National Press Club in 2006. “We all want to be liked, but it is far more important to be respected.” – Cleta Mitchell
Photo by KochFoto Cleta Mitchell
cblpi.org Cleta Mitchell is a October 2008 partner and public affairs consultant with Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Foley and Lardner, LLP SEPTEMBER RIGHT: Cleta in Washington, DC. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 addresses an audience Cleta was a member of of conservative 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 professional women 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 the Oklahoma House at the Conservative 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Women’s Network in of Representatives 28 29 30 February 2007. from 1976-1984 and currently represents 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 numerous conservative candidates, campaigns and members of Congress, including Yom Kippur Senators Elizabeth Dole 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 (R-NC) and Jim Inhofe (R-OK).
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NOVEMBER 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ABOVE: Cleta (center in peach) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 meets with student leaders
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 from colleges across the nation who attended Luce’s February 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2007 Activism Seminar at CBLPI Navy Day Halloween 30 headquarters. “Real feminism protects women and girls.” – Miriam Grossman, M.D.
Photo by KochFoto Miriam Grossman, MD cblpi.org November 2008 Miriam Grossman, M.D. is a Senior Fellow Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday with the Clare Boothe
OCTOBER DECEMBER Luce Policy Institute LEFT: Following a March 2007 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 and a psychiatrist “Afternoon with an Author” at the 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
National Press Club, Dr. Grossman 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 at UCLA’s Student meets with spring 2007 Luce intern Rachelle Peck, a student leader at 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Psychological Services. Biola University. 26 27 28 29 30 31 28 29 30 31 She is the author of the book, Unprotected: A Campus Psychiatrist 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Reveals How Political Correctness in Her Profession Endangers Every Student. Dr. Daylight Saving Time Ends Election Day Grossman is board 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 certified in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry.
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ABOVE: Dr. Grossman discusses the distortions of women’s 30 health education to a Luce Policy audience at the National Press Thanksgiving Day Club in August 2007. “They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.” – Clare Boothe Luce Clare Boothe Luce
cblpi.org Playwright turned U.S. Ambassador Clare December 2008 Boothe Luce (1903— 1987)—the namesake Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday of the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute—was NOVEMBER first known as the self- 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 determined editor of
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Vanity Fair. In 1936 she penned the hit play The 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Women, and in 1940 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 she authored Europe in 30 the Spring, the best- selling nonfiction book 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 about pre-World War II Europe. She served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1943 to 1947, and as ambassador to Italy from 1953 to 1956. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 awarded her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She passed away in Washington, DC in 1987. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
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JANUARY 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LEFT: A dedicated ABOVE: President Dwight D. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 writer, Clare Boothe Luce is hard at work Eisenhower talks with Clare. She 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 at her typewriter. was Eisenhower’s ambassador 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 to Italy, the first woman ever appointed to a major New Year’s Eve ambassadorial post. Great American Conservative Women
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