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Today, I learned that etiquette expert Letitia Baldridge worked for the CIA. She was also a public relations executive and was Jackie Kennedy's Social Secretary.
I already knew Judith Martin (Miss Manners) was a White House reporter and broke important stories because people assumed she wasn't a "real" journalist because she was a woman and covered social events, so they said things in front of her that they should not have mentioned in front of the press. LOL.
The crossover is interesting, especially Baldridge being CIA. She became an etiquette expert after she retired (from the CIA). There is a quote where she compares public relations to mind control experiments and political manipulation. If you understand a culture, you can persuade them more easily.
I already knew Judith Martin (Miss Manners) was a White House reporter and broke important stories because people assumed she wasn't a "real" journalist because she was a woman and covered social events, so they said things in front of her that they should not have mentioned in front of the press. LOL.
The crossover is interesting, especially Baldridge being CIA. She became an etiquette expert after she retired (from the CIA). There is a quote where she compares public relations to mind control experiments and political manipulation. If you understand a culture, you can persuade them more easily.
