Letitia Baldrige

Letitia Baldrige
11th White House Social Secretary
In office
1961–1963
Appointed byJacqueline Kennedy
Preceded byMary Jane McCaffree
Succeeded byNancy Tuckerman
Personal details
Born(1926-02-09)February 9, 1926
Miami, Florida, U.S.
DiedOctober 29, 2012(2012-10-29) (aged 86)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Spouse
Robert Hollensteiner
(m. 1964)
Children2
OccupationPublic relations executive
Etiquette expert

Letitia "Tish" Baldrige (February 9, 1926 – October 29, 2012) was an American etiquette expert, public relations executive and author who was most famous for serving as Jacqueline Kennedy's Social Secretary.

Known as the "Doyenne of Decorum", she wrote a newspaper column, ran her own PR firm, and, along with updating Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette,[1] she published 20 books and appeared on Late Night with David Letterman and the cover of Time magazine.

  1. ^ "Letitia Baldrige". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-28.