My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House
by Lillian Rogers Parks, Frances Spatz Leightonliterary work· published 1961
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My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House is a 1961 autobiographical novel by Lillian Rogers Parks written with Frances Spatz Leighton. The title of the memoir was based on Parks' recollections of thirty years as a seamstress in the White House from 1931–1961 during the administrations of Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower. The book also includes 30 previous years of childhood memories during the Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, and Roosevelt administrations when her mother, Margaret 'Maggie' Rogers, performed domestic service as head housemaid at the White House from 1909–1939.
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My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House was adapted into a 1979 film.
Backstairs at the White House1979 · film · 540 min · IMDb ↗IMDb8.3Behind the scenes at the White House during eight administrations, as told by the people who work there.
