My Thirty Years Backstairs At The White House by Lillian Rogers Parks
A candid, behind-the-scenes memoir by a long-time White House maid and seamstress that recounts three decades inside the presidential residence, offering vivid anecdotes about daily household routines, wardrobe fittings, social events and intimate moments, and the relationships and rivalries among the domestic staff; mixing gossipy detail with affectionate respect, it humanizes presidents and first ladies while illuminating changing fashions, protocol and the race and class dynamics that shaped service at the White House across multiple administrations.
- Published
- 1961
- Nationality
- American
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- Original Language
- English
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