Elizabeth L. Post was an etiquette writer and the granddaughter-in-law of the etiquette writer Emily Post. Post was born in Englewood, New Jersey, on May 7, 1920, the third child of Allen Ledyard Lindley and Elizabeth Ellsworth Lindley. She was the great-granddaughter of Cyrus Field. Elizabeth Lindley's first husband was Lt. George Eustis Cookman, USN, who was killed in action in 1943. She married Emily Post's only grandchild, William Goadby Post, in 1944. She succeeded Emily Post, at The Emily Post Institute and worked for more than 30 years there as director. Mrs. Post revised and updated Emily Post's Etiquette five times from 1965 to 1992, with her last revision selling more than 80,000 copies. Additionally, she wrote a monthly column for Good Housekeeping magazine entitled Etiquette for Everyday. 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 her 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". [More at Wikipedia]

May 7th, 1920 in Englewood  /  Died:   Apr 24th, 2010 - aged 89