A disastrous marriage drove her to etiquette and more startling accomplishment
along with her best-selling guide, Etiquette (1922), she wrote six novels, scads of journalism, and a 500-page book on architecture; had a long career in radio; designed her own high-fashion clothes; endorsed everything from cigarettes to gingerbread; and built a 15-story apartment house that still stands at the corner of Madison Avenue and 79th Street in Manhattan. She lived in 9B, and her friends filled the rest of the building.
Laura Claridge's Life of Emily Post a review by Laura Shapiro
"Emily Post: Daughter of the Gilded Age, Mistress of American Manners" (Laura Claridge)
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