About Letitia

Letitia Baldrige, a nationally recognized authority on the subject of etiquette, has authored 15 books on manners and entertaining, and writes a weekly column syndicated by Copley News Service. At twenty-one, her first job was Social Secretary to Ambassador and Mrs. David Bruce at the American Embassy in Paris; she then became the special assistant to Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce at the embassy in Rome. She was Tiffany & Co.'s first woman executive. During the Kennedy administration, she was chief of staff for Mrs. Kennedy, the Social Secretary to the White House and has since been an advisor to four other First Ladies. In 1964 she opened Letitia Baldrige Enterprises, Inc., a public relations and marketing firm which today focuses on management training in behavior.

Letitia and her husband, Robert Hollensteiner, a real estate developer, make their home in Washington D.C. They have two children, five grandchildren, and two dogs.

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