Emily Post
publication date: Saturday, January 24, 2015 (part of Winter 2015)
category: 
Literature
clue: This Baltimore native taught generations of Americans how to behave.
explanation: Emily Post was a novelist famous for her best-selling book on etiquette, which continues to be updated by her descendants today. more…
difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Justin Woods, Chris Lemler, Joanna Woods, and Mike Rothstein
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