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An edition of A Lady, First (2001)

A lady, first

my life in the Kennedy White House and the American embassies of Paris and Rome

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"As young women studying at Vassar, Letitia's schoolmates were concerned with finding husbands. Letitia wanted to go to Paris. When she was told only men could get overseas diplomatic jobs, she became even more determined and landed a coveted position in the American Embassy of Paris. There she quickly learned the dos and don'ts of diplomacy while partaking in the city's lively postwar social scene - along with Jackie Bouvier, Marlene Dietrich, and Elizabeth Taylor.

These experiences led to the exciting job of working for Clare Boothe Luce at the American Embassy in Rome in the early 1950s.".

"Back in the United States, as the first woman executive for Tiffany & Co., Letitia Baldrige was a trailblazer in the new field of public relations, appealing to the whims and tastes of the rich and famous, and those that aspired to be. Yet it was her role as the first lady's social secretary in the Kennedy White House that proved to be her most notable - and challenging.

She has been privileged to lead a glamorous, high-spirited life, and has witnessed some of the pivotal events of her time: the hilarity of a young Jackie Kennedy's antics on her foreign diplomatic visits, the terror of the Cuban missile crisis, the heartbreak of President Kennedy's funeral.".

"Stylish, chic, and always polite, Letitia Baldrige manages to be a feminist and a lady at the same time. As the founder of Letitia Baldrige Enterprises, one of the first companies in the world to be run by a female CEO, and the author of countless books and articles about etiquette and protocol, she continues to be a role model and an inspiration to women across the country and around the world."--BOOK JACKET.

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Viking
Language
English
Pages
292

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A Lady, First: My Life in the Kennedy White House and the American Embassies of Paris and Rome
October 1, 2002, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Edition Notes

Includes index.

Published in
New York
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.922/092, B
Library of Congress
CT275.B316 A3 2001, CT275.B316A3 2001

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 292 p., [16] p. of plates :
Number of pages
292

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3944212M
Internet Archive
ladyfirstmylifei00bald
ISBN 10
0670894532
LCCN
2001026544
OCLC/WorldCat
47056298
Library Thing
82235
Goodreads
1489285

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