MICHELLE EASTON is the founder and presi-dent of the Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women (cblwomen.org), which prepares young women for leader-ship in policy, civil society, and the family. The mother of three grown sons, she has hundreds of “daughters” whom she has helped launch into productive and fulfilling adulthood.

A lawyer and laborer in the conservative movement since the early 1970s, Easton worked through all twelve years of the Reagan-Bush administrations, including in presidential appointments in the Educa-tion Department. She lives in Virginia and Florida with her husband, Ron Robinson.