Peggy Post is an American author and consultant on

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. She is

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 ...

's great-granddaughter-in-law and continues her work as director and spokesperson for

The Emily Post Institute The Emily Post Institute (EPI) is an organization located in Burlington, Vermont, that provides etiquette advice and training to news outlets and corporations in the United States of America and worldwide. It was founded by etiquette author Em ...

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Background

Post was born in

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and raised in

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and

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. She finished

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with a Bachelor of Science degree in education. She started her career as an international flight attendant for

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. After that she worked as a teacher for English and history in

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. Later she entered a career in management, consulting and sales. Along with others she managed

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in New York City. Post married the investment consultant Allen Post who is Emily Post's great-grandson in 1979. Peggy raised two stepsons. In 1991, Peggy started to work with her mother-in-law

Elizabeth Post Elizabeth Lindley Post (May 7, 1920 – April 24, 2010) was an American etiquette writer, the granddaughter-in-law of Emily Post. Born the third child of Allen Ledyard Lindley and Elizabeth Ellsworth Lindley,HarperCollins HarperCollins Publishers LLC is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan. The company is headquartered in New York City and is a subsidiary of News Cor ...

. She writes columns for such magazines as ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Post's latest edition of ''Emily Post’s Etiquette'' includes not only an Attire Guide Beach Casual to White Tie but sections on appropriate e-mail manners, how to graciously discuss a potential sex partner's past and the circumstances under which one can re-gift in good conscience. In an interview she stated that she found out that discussions about people perceived as rude or uncivil leads to a search for a sense of order.''

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'':
"In an Age of Finger Food, A New Emily Post"
nytimes.com. Accessed September 18, 2022.

References

External links

The Emily Post Institute
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