{{Short description|American etiquette writer (1920–2010)}} {{Infobox writer | name = Elizabeth L. Post | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | pseudonym =

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'''Elizabeth Lindley Post''' (May 7, 1920 – April 24, 2010) was an American etiquette writer, the granddaughter-in-law of Emily Post.

Born the third child of Allen Ledyard Lindley and Elizabeth Ellsworth Lindley,<ref name=PRN_obit>[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/elizabeth-lindley-post-etiquette-author-successor-to-emily-post-dies-at-89-92043844.html Elizabeth Lindley Post, Etiquette Author, Successor to Emily Post, Dies at 89] PR Newswire</ref> 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. They had one son, Allen, who took his stepfathers last name. She married William Goadby Post, the only grandchild of Emily Post, in 1944.<ref name=PRN_obit/>

She succeeded Emily Post at The Emily Post Institute 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.<ref>Enid Nemy,[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE6DF1E3FF933A15757C0A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 In an Age of Finger Food, A New Emily Post], The New York Times, April 20, 1997. Retrieved 02-10-2009.</ref><ref>Elizabeth L. Post [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062740113 Emily Post on Etiquette], Collins Living, May 12, 1995. {{ISBN|978-0-06-274011-3}}</ref> She also wrote the "Etiquette for Everyday" column published monthly in ''Good Housekeeping'' magazine. She authored more than ten other books, including ''Emily Post's Complete Book of Wedding Etiquette,''<ref>Elizabeth L. Post, [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062700057 Emily Post's Complete Book of Wedding Etiquette], Harper Collins, 1991. {{ISBN|978-0-06-270005-6}}.</ref> ''Emily Post on Business Etiquette,'' and ''Emily Post on Entertaining,''.<ref>ALICE KEIM [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807EFDC153AF936A25753C1A96E958260&scp=20&sq=%22elizabeth%20post%22&st=cse LIBRARY/WEDDING PLANNER CD-ROM'S; The Experts On Elegance], The New York Times, October 15, 1998. Retrieved 02-10-2009.</ref>

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".<ref name="tulsaworld.com">{{cite web| url = http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=13&articleid=20100428_11_A13_Elizab214685| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121012024807/http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=13&articleid=20100428_11_A13_Elizab214685| archive-date = 2012-10-12| title = Elizabeth Post, etiquette expert dies at age 89 {{!}} Tulsa World}} </ref> 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."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Expert-Elizabeth-Post-saw-etiquette-as-kindness-3191193.php|title = Expert Elizabeth Post saw etiquette as kindness|date = 28 April 2010}}</ref> Post enjoyed fishing alongside her husband, and she landed the largest tarpon caught by a woman in the United States.<ref name="tulsaworld.com"/>

Post died on April 24, 2010, in Naples, Florida, at the age of 89.<ref name=PRN_obit/><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 27, 2010 |title=Etiquette expert Elizabeth Post dies at 89 |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/etiquette-expert-elizabeth-post-dies-at-89/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251206023532/https://www.heraldnet.com/news/etiquette-expert-elizabeth-post-dies-at-89/ |archive-date=December 6, 2025 |access-date=December 6, 2025 |work=HeraldNet |language=en-US |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090129192446/http://emilypost.com/about/elizabeth.htm Biography at Emily Post Institute]

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