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Emily Rose Burt
A practical early-20th-century writer, she is best remembered for turning social entertaining into something cheerful, manageable, and creative. Her work offers a lively glimpse of how everyday hosting and celebrations were imagined in the 1910s and 1920s.
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Entertaining Made Easy
by Emily Rose Burt
About the author
Emily Rose Burt was an American writer associated with the early 20th century. Reliable public-domain library records identify her as born in 1887, and Wikisource lists her as active in the 1920s.
She is best known for Entertaining Made Easy (1919), a guide full of ideas for parties, luncheons, showers, weddings, and other gatherings. The book presents entertaining as something ordinary people could do well with planning, imagination, and a welcoming spirit, which helps explain why it has remained available through public-domain collections.
Wikisource also lists Speaker and Recitations (1924) among her works. Surviving references to Burt are limited, so much of her public legacy today comes through these books, which preserve a friendly, practical voice and a vivid snapshot of social life in her era.