The Emily Post Institute (EPI) is an organization located in
Burlington, Vermont
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, that provides
etiquette
Etiquette () is the set of norms of personal behaviour in polite society, usually occurring in the form of an ethical code of the expected and accepted social behaviours that accord with the conventions and norms observed and practised by a ...
advice and training to news outlets and corporations in the United States of America and worldwide. It was founded by etiquette author
Emily Post
Emily Post ( Price; October 27, 1872 – September 25, 1960) was an American author, novelist, and socialite, famous for writing about etiquette.
Early life
Post was born Emily Bruce Price in Baltimore, Maryland, possibly in October 1872. Th ...
and her son Ned in 1946. Spanning five generations, the family business maintains and evolves the standards of etiquette that Emily Post established with her seminal 1922 book, ''
Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home
''Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home'' (frequently referenced as ''Etiquette'') is a book authored by Emily Post in 1922. The book covers manners and other social rules, and has been updated frequently to reflect social ch ...
.'' Updated editions of the book were published as ''Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage''.
Among her descendants, Emily Post's great-grandson, Peter Post, is the current director of The Emily Post Institute and author of three etiquette books. Peter also leads business seminars in the United States and Europe. Since 2004, Peter Post has authored a weekly "Etiquette at Work" column in ''
The Boston Globe
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HarperCollins Speakers Bureau
/ref> Peggy Post, Emily Post's great-granddaughter-in-law, is an author and spokesperson for The Emily Post Institute. Peggy has authored several books, including the 16th edition of ''Emily Post's Etiquette'', ''Emily Post's Entertaining,'' and ''Emily Post's Weddings''. Peggy also writes monthly columns for ''Good Housekeeping
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'' and ''Parents
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References
External links
Official website
Etiquette Daily
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Organizations based in Burlington, Vermont
Organizations established in 1946
Etiquette