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The Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute (CBLPI) is an American conservative non-profit organization designed to promote and educate young conservative women through seminars, conferences, internships, fellowships, and lectures. CBLPI is named after notable playwright and politician Clare Boothe Luce, who was a staunch conservative activist in the twentieth century.

The Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute's primary mission is to "to prepare young women for effective leadership and to promote leading conservative women." In order to achieve this, CBLPI hosts female-oriented summits, conferences, and college lectures designed to promote conservatism. Current Board of Directors members include Kellyanne Conway, Frank Donatelli, Kate Obenshain, and current Advisory Board members include Dr. Christina Hoff Sommers and media personalities Michelle Malkin and S.E. Cupp.

Origin and history
The Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute was founded in 1993 by Michelle Easton, who believed the conservative movement had great women leaders who were not always celebrated or promoted as role-models to young women. Easton was a presidential appointee of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush from 1980 to 1992, working in the U.S. Department of Education, the Africa Bureau of the Agency for International Development and as Director of the Missing Children's Program in the U.S. Department of Justice. Easton is married to Ron Robinson, current President of Young America's Foundation.

Philosophy
The Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute advocates for the principles of American conservatism, which includ individual freedom, personal responsibility, limited government, and free enterprise. Its focus on women has led it to advocate for traditional values while also encouraging young women to join the conservative movement as activists. CBLPI also promotes the legacy and history of Clare Boothe Luce. CBLPI supports efforts that are "pro-America, pro-business, and pro-family." In 2006, CBLPI was one of the conservative organizations that were vocal critics of The Vagina Monologues, accusing it of being vulgar and degrading to women. CBLPI publishes pamphlets that promote conservative ideas, like discouraging hookup culture.

Summits, seminars, and lectures
The Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute holds an all-women student luncheon during the Conservative Political Action Conference, where they name and honor their Woman of the Year. In 2012, the honoree was former Governor Sarah Palin, and the most recent winner in 2016 was Congressman Marsha Blackburn.

Since 2008, the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute has hosted Women's Summits in different regions of the United States, including Santa Barbara, California at the Reagan Ranch; ;Fort Worth, Texas; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Washington, D.C.; and more. At Summits, conservative women students interact with speakers, network with each other, and are given leadership training and speaking instruction. CBLPI also gives those students instruction on how to host conservative speakers on their campuses and a list of suggested speakers CBLPI can assist them with hosting. At the 2015 Texas Women's Summit, CBLPI hosted a gun rights panel at Texas Christian University as the university was deciding whether or not to opt out of Senate Bill 11, which would require public universities to allow licensed gun owners to carry their weapons on campus.

The Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute funds about a dozen college lectures per semester. In 2013, CBLPI hosted Former U.S. Treasurer Bay Buchanan to speak at Azusa Pacific University. In 2016, CBLPI helped host Christina Hoff Sommers at Ohio University to speak out against radical feminism. In 2015, CBLPI helped to host Sommers at Oberlin College to the protests of many students there.

Conservative Women Calendar
The Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute has published a "Great American Conservative Women" calendar every year since 2005. In 2009, the "Pretty in Mink" theme was criticized in a Huffington Post editorial for glorifying wearing mink fur. As a response, the Huffington Post encouraged readers to submit photos of themselves for a "Great Liberal Women" calendar. The 2009 CBLPI calendar ended up selling 25,000 copies of its first printing.

Conservative Women's Networks
The Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute hosts a Conservative Women's Network luncheon with The Heritage Foundation monthly since 1999, with the first-ever speaker being Christina Hoff Sommers. Conservative Women's Networks typically include at least one conservative woman speaker giving an hour-long midday lecture to a conservative audience. Unlike many of CBLPI's student activities, CWNs are open to conservative women of all ages.

Awards
The Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute gives three different awards annually: the Woman of the Year Award, the Conservative Leadership Award, and the Woman of Exceptional Courage Award. The Woman of Exceptional Courage Award is only given out on special occasion, being awarded to human rights activist Nonie Darwish in 2008 and Catherine Engelbrecht, founder of the anti-vote fraud group True the Vote, in 2014.

Woman of the Year Award
The Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute has given a "Woman of the Year" Award every year since 2002. In 2009, it was given to activist Phyllis Schafly as a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Conservative Leadership Award
The Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute's Conservative Leadership Award, has been awarded since 1996. The last recipient was Katie Pavlich in 2013.

Board members
The Board of Directors includes Michelle Easton, Kellyanne Conway, Frank Donatelli, Kate Obenshain, Clare Luce, Marji Ross, Ursula Meese, and Darla Patridge.

The Advisory Board includes S.E. Cupp, Marsha Blackburn, Monica Crowley, Bay Buchanan, Michelle Malkin, Nonie Darwish, Ying Ma, Star Parker, Andrea Tantaros, and Cleta Mitchell, and Christina Hoff Sommers.

External sites
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