Margaret D. Williams Rogers (1874 – July 19, 1953) was an American

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at the

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who served for 30 years (1909–1939), during the administrations of Presidents Taft,

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, Coolidge,

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, and part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's, eventually rising to head housemaid. She began her service on the fourth day of the Taft administration.

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encouraged Rogers to write a diary about her experiences on the White House staff. Those experiences were memorialized in the book ''

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'' written by her daughter, Lillian Rogers Parks, who also worked at the White House as a seamstress. The story was later produced in 1979 as the

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'' Backstairs at the White House'' by Ed Friendly Productions. The role of Maggie Rogers was played by actress Olivia Cole.Hanauer, Joan.“New mini-series unveils White House family life.” ''Hutchinson News'', 29 January 1979 Emmett Rogers Jr., Margaret's son, was a U.S. serviceman who was gassed in

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and had to retire to

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for his health.

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Maggie Rogers' Handwritten Notes (The White House Historical Society)
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