10.27 - Emily Post is Born

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s October 27, and on this day in 1872, Emily Post was born,</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Emily Post was an American writer and expert on proper social behavior. With enthusiastic, considerate prose, Post’s work showed the public that etiquette is more than seemingly arbitrary mannerisms and routine. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To Post, social conventions were an opportunity to demonstrate our capacity for consideration, respect, and honesty as human beings.</span></p>