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About Amy Osborne Vanderbilt
- Amy's birth and death information are available at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6638824/amy-vanderbilt
- The following write-up is available at the above-mentioned URL:
- "Journalist, Etiquette maven. Born in New York City, she became a part-time reporter for the Staten Island Advance when she was 16. She attended school in Switzerland, the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, and New York University.
- "In the 1930s and 1940s she held several jobs, including one with an advertising agency and another with a public relations firm while she researched her book. In 1952 she published ‘Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette.’ A huge best seller, it was later retitled ‘Amy Vanderbilt's Etiquette.’ Vanderbilt was hailed as the successor to Emily Post.
- "With her success, Vanderbilt became the hostess of a television etiquette program, ‘It's in Good Taste’ from 1954 to 1960. She also hosted a radio show, ‘The Right Thing To Do,’ from 1960 to 1962. She also served as official etiquette consultant for many agencies and organizations, including the State Department.
- "Vanderbilt continued to write, publishing books on everyday etiquette and cooking. She jumped to her death from the window of her New York City apartment in 1974.
- "Bio by: Iola"
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Amy Osborne Vanderbilt's Timeline
| 1908 |
July 22, 1908
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Staten Island, Richmond, NY, United States
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| 1950 |
September 15, 1950
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Westport, CT, United States
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| 1974 |
December 27, 1974
Age 66
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Manhattan, New York City, New York, NY, United States
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The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, NY, United States
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