Emily Post

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Emily Post (1912)

Emily Post (* probably on October 27, 1872 as Emily Price in Baltimore , † September 25, 1960 in New York City ) was an American author, who became known through publications on etiquette .

Life

youth

Emily Price was born in Baltimore, Maryland , the date of birth is controversial and is commonly given as October 27, 1872. Her father was the architect Bruce Price ; her mother, Josephine Price , nee Lee , was from Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania . After initially being raised at home, after the family moved to New York, she attended a girls' boarding school there , where she received behavioral lessons. Emily is described at this time as "tall, pretty and spoiled", whose life was marked by carefully planned rituals.

marriage

At a ball in a mansion on Fifth Avenue , she met her future husband, Edwin Main Post, a well-known banker. After their wedding in 1892 and a trip around Europe, the couple lived in Washington Square Park . In Tuxedo Park they lived in a country house designed by their father. The couple later moved to Staten Island , where their two sons Edwin Main Post Jr. (* 1893 ) and Bruce Proce Post (* 1895 ) were born. Emily divorced her husband in 1905 because of his relationships with young women, which made him a target of blackmail.

Career

Painting from 1906

After the two sons attended boarding schools, Emily Price began writing. She has published articles on architecture and interior design as well as stories and series for magazines such as Harper’s , Scribner’s and The Century . In the 1900s she wrote five novels: Flight of A Moth (1904), Purple and Fine Linen (1905), Woven in Tapestry (1908), The Title Market (1909), and The Eagle's Feather (1910). In 1916 she published the road trip novel By Motor to the Golden Gate , which is based on a trip she took with her son Edwin and other participants from New York to San Francisco .

The breakthrough as a writer brought her conduct book Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home , which she published 1922nd The book became a bestseller and remained popular for decades with updated editions. From 1931 she had her own radio programs and wrote columns on questions of " good taste ".

In 1946, Post established the Emily Post Institute , which continues its work.

Emily Post died in her New York apartment in 1960 at the age of 87.

meaning

Emily Post is synonymous with etiquette and good manners in the US . In 1950, Pageant magazine named her the most influential woman in America after Eleanor Roosevelt . Her descendants continue to publish books on questions of behavior to this day.

Works

  • 1904: Flight of the Moth
  • 1906: Purple and Fine Linen
  • 1908: Woven in the Tapestry
  • 1909: The Title Market
  • 1910: The Eagle's Feather
  • 1922: Etiquette

See also

Web links

Commons : Emily Post  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Smith, Dinitia: BOOKS OF THE TIMES: She Fine-Tuned the Forks of the Richan Vulgars . In: The New York Times , October 16, 2008. 
  2. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=xypn4djxVD4C&pg=RA2-PA224&lpg=RA2-PA224&dq=Price+attended+Miss+Graham%27s+finishing+school+Emily+Post&source=bl&ots=AUgb3E-AaL&sig1 = en & sa = X & ved = 0CDQQ6AEwA2oVChMIupSKw7i3yAIVAzOICh3UowGH # v = onepage & q = Price% 20attended% 20Miss% 20Graham's% 20finishing% 20school% 20Emily% 20Post & f = false
  3. ^ Claridge, Laura: Emily Post: Daughter of the Gilded Age, Mistress of American Manners . Random House, 2008.
  4. ↑ a b Laura Claridge: Emily Post . Random House, New York 2008, ISBN 978-0-375-50921-6 , pp. 3-5, 165-70.
  5. ↑ Emily Post: By Motor to the Golden Gate . D. Appleton and Company, New York and London 1916.
personal data
SURNAME Mail, Emily
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Price, Emily (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Baltimore
DATE OF DEATH September 25, 1960
Place of death New York City