Clara Sears Taylor

Clara Sears Taylor (October 2, 1876[1] – August 31, 1954[2]) was an American writer, editor, publicist, and government official, appointed in 1920 by President Woodrow Wilson to serve on the Washington D.C. rent commission.

[1] During World War I, Taylor worked for the Creel Committee, as director of publicity for the women's division.

[8] "Mrs. Taylor's womanly judgment and sympathetic insights into family problems injects the workable, 'human' warmth," commented reporter Zoe Beckley.

[10] Among her controversial ideas, she proposed a federal tax on bachelors to encourage young men to marry.

[16][17] In 1938 she was living in the New York City household of her younger sister Lydia (called Lillie) and assisting her brother-in-law, drama critic Burns Mantle.