Lillian Rogers Parks

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Lillian Rogers Parks was a longtime White House maid and seamstress who became known for her memoirs detailing life behind the scenes of multiple presidential administrations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf author
memoirist
person
basedOn television miniseries Backstairs at the White House was based on her memoir
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
employer White House
surface form: Executive Residence of the White House

White House
fieldOfWork domestic service in the White House
presidential history memoirs
genre memoir
nonfiction
hasPerspective behind-the-scenes view of U.S. presidents
hasRole White House maid
White House seamstress
inspiredWork Backstairs at the White House
knownFor detailed accounts of life behind the scenes at the White House
recollections of multiple presidential families
languageOfWorkOrName English
mother Maggie Rogers
motherOccupation White House maid
nationality American
notableWork Backstairs at the White House
surface form: My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House

The Roosevelts: A Family in Turmoil
surface form: My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House: A Personal Account of Life in the White House

The Roosevelts: A Family in Turmoil
occupation domestic worker
maid
seamstress
placeOfWork Washington, D.C.
subjectOf historical discussions of White House staff
television miniseries Backstairs at the White House
workContext 20th-century White House history
workedOn Eisenhower administration
Herbert Hoover administration
surface form: Hoover administration

Roosevelt administration
Truman administration
wroteAbout Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eleanor Roosevelt
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt

President Harry S. Truman
surface form: Harry S. Truman

White House domestic staff
daily life in the Executive Residence

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Backstairs at the White House portraysCharacter Lillian Rogers Parks
Leslie Uggams notableRole Lillian Rogers Parks
this entity surface form: Lillian Rogers Parks in Backstairs at the White House
The Roosevelts: A Family in Turmoil author Lillian Rogers Parks