- Peggy Post
Margaret "Peggy" Grayson Post is a
United States author and consultant foretiquette . She isEmily Post 's great-granddaughter-in-law and continues her work as director and spokesperson for The Emily Post Institute inVermont .Background
Peggy Post was born in
Washington, DC and raised inMaryland andNew Orleans . She finishedLouisiana State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in education. She started her career as an international flight attendant forPan American World Airways . After that she worked as a teacher for English and history inNew York City . Later she entered a career in management, consulting and sales. Along with others she managedChemical Bank in New York City.Peggy 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 who was the first successor to Emily Post and her granddaughter-in-law. Elizabeth Post revised Emily Post’s Etiquette book five times between 1965 and 1992.Peggy followed Elizabeth, who retired in 1995, as director and spokesperson of the Emily Post Institute. Today Peggy is author of more than twelve books including the 17th edition of Emily Post’s Etiquette. All books are published by
HarperCollins . Peggy writes columns for different magazines likeGood Housekeeping , Parents andUSA Weekend . Peggy is known as expert for wedding etiquette and publishes her advice in InStyle Weddings,WeddingChannel.com and1-800-Flowers.com . Moreover she holds lectures and seminars for businesses and community groups across the USA about appropriate behavior and etiquette.Peggy is of the opinion that the intention of etiquette is to make life easier and not more formal or rigid. Her style is not as formal as Emily Post’s, but refers to her and has updated it. Peggy Post 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. Peggy believes in etiquette as human social behavior to show respect and dignity and emphasizes the line between etiquette and diversity or acceptance. In an interview she stated that she found out that all these discussions about people being rude and uncivil leads to a search for a sense of order [
New York Times : [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE6DF1E3FF933A15757C0A961958260 In an Age of Finger Food, A New Emily Post] ]References
External links
* [http://www.emilypost.com The Emily Post Institute]
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