AMY VANDERBILT
Name: Amy Vanderbilt
Born: 22 July 1908
Died: 27 December 1974
Amy Vanderbilt (July 22, 1908 - December 27, 1974) was an American authority on
etiquette. In 1952 she published the best selling book Amy Vanderbilt's Complete
Book of Etiquette. The book, later retitled Amy Vanderbilt's Etiquette, has been
updated and is still in circulation today. The most recent edition
was edited by Nancy Tuckerman and Nancy Dunnan. Its longtime popularity has led
to it being considered a standard of etiquette writing.
She is also the author or collector of cooking materials, including the 1961
book "Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Cook Book" illustrated by Andy Warhol.
Vanderbilt descended from either an uncle or brother of Cornelius Vanderbilt and
is therefore not an official descendant-member of the Vanderbilt family. She was
born in New York City and worked as a part-time reporter for the Staten Island
Advance when she was 16. She was educated in Switzerland and at the Packer
Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn before attending New York University. She
worked in advertising and public relations, and published her famous book after
five years of research. From 1954 to 1960 she hosted the television program It's
in Good Taste and from 1960 to 1962 she hosted the radio program The Right Thing
To Do. She also worked as a consultant for several agencies and organizations,
including the U.S. Department of State.
On December 27, 1974, she died from multiple fractures of the skull after
falling from a second-floor window in her townhouse on East 87th Street in New
York. To this day, it is not clear whether her fall was accidental (most likely
due to the medications she took for hypertension, which friends and relatives
later said caused her to have severe dizzy spells) or whether she committed
suicide.
Name: Amy Vanderbilt
Born: 22 July 1908
Died: 27 December 1974
Amy Vanderbilt (July 22, 1908 - December 27, 1974) was an American authority on
etiquette. In 1952 she published the best selling book Amy Vanderbilt's Complete
Book of Etiquette. The book, later retitled Amy Vanderbilt's Etiquette, has been
updated and is still in circulation today. The most recent edition
was edited by Nancy Tuckerman and Nancy Dunnan. Its longtime popularity has led
to it being considered a standard of etiquette writing.
She is also the author or collector of cooking materials, including the 1961
book "Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Cook Book" illustrated by Andy Warhol.
Vanderbilt descended from either an uncle or brother of Cornelius Vanderbilt and
is therefore not an official descendant-member of the Vanderbilt family. She was
born in New York City and worked as a part-time reporter for the Staten Island
Advance when she was 16. She was educated in Switzerland and at the Packer
Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn before attending New York University. She
worked in advertising and public relations, and published her famous book after
five years of research. From 1954 to 1960 she hosted the television program It's
in Good Taste and from 1960 to 1962 she hosted the radio program The Right Thing
To Do. She also worked as a consultant for several agencies and organizations,
including the U.S. Department of State.
On December 27, 1974, she died from multiple fractures of the skull after
falling from a second-floor window in her townhouse on East 87th Street in New
York. To this day, it is not clear whether her fall was accidental (most likely
due to the medications she took for hypertension, which friends and relatives
later said caused her to have severe dizzy spells) or whether she committed
suicide.