Elizabeth Lindley Post (May 7, 1920 – April 24, 2010) was an American

etiquette Etiquette ( /ˈɛtikɛt, -kɪt/) can be defined as a set of norms of personal behavior in polite society, usually occurring in the form of an ethical code of the expected and accepted social behaviors that accord with the conventions and ...

writer, the granddaughter-in-law of

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 and education Post was born Emily Bruce Price in Baltimore, Maryland, possibly in Octob ...

. Born the third child of Allen Ledyard Lindley and Elizabeth Ellsworth Lindley,Elizabeth Lindley Post, Etiquette Author, Successor to Emily Post, Dies at 89
PR Newswire she was the great-granddaughter of

Cyrus Field Cyrus West Field (November 30, 1819July 12, 1892) was an American businessman and financier who, along with other entrepreneurs, created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858. Early ...

. Elizabeth Lindley's first husband was Lt. George Eustis Cookman, USN, who was killed in action in 1943. They had one son, Allen, who took his stepfathers last name. She married William Goadby Post, the only grandchild of Emily Post, in 1944. She succeeded Emily Post at

The Emily Post Institute The Emily Post Institute (EPI) is an organization founded in 1946. It is located in Burlington, Vermont. It provides etiquette, advice, and training to news outlets and corporations in the United States of America and worldwide. Founded by etique ...

and served as director for over 30 years. Elizabeth Post revised and updated '' Emily Post's Etiquette'' five times from 1965 to 1992, with her last revision selling more than 80,000 copies. She also wrote the "Etiquette for Everyday" column published monthly in ''

Good Housekeeping ''Good Housekeeping'' is an American lifestyle media brand that covers a wide range of topics from home decor and renovation, health, beauty and food, to entertainment, pets and gifts. The Good Housekeeping Institute which opened its "Experiment ...

'' magazine. She authored more than ten other books, including ''Emily Post's Complete Book of Wedding Etiquette,'' ''Emily Post on Business Etiquette,'' and ''Emily Post on Entertaining,''. She retired in 1995 and was succeeded by daughter-in-law Peggy Post in her duties at the Emily Post Institute and ''Good Housekeeping'' column. Mrs. Post was known to family and friends as "Libby". According to Peggy Post: "Libby was very open minded, fair and flexible... She was full of common sense and kindness. Not at all pretentious and not at all stuffy." Post enjoyed fishing alongside her husband, and she landed the largest tarpon caught by a woman in the United States. Post died on April 24, 2010, in Naples, Florida, at the age of 89.Etiquette expert Elizabeth Post dies at 89
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Post, Elizabeth Writers from Englewood, New Jersey 1920 births 2010 deaths Etiquette writers American information and reference writers The Masters School alumni