Mildred

attentive courteous discreet methodical dutiful precise unassuming procedurally reliable

Mildred serves as the Roosevelt Room minute-taker and a frontline administrative recorder for White House cabinet meetings. She consistently transcribes and reads verbatim the proceedings when prompted, supplying precise phrasings that senior officials use in argument and accountability. In the current episode her notes provide the textual hinge that rebukes the Vice President and later become the traceable source of a leak, forcing the administration to weigh public credibility against legislative priorities. Her role anchors the administration’s documentary memory and unexpectedly shapes political consequence.

4 appearances

Also known as: Mural Room Woman, Woman, Attendee, Group Woman

Mildred's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

4 moments

S1E8 · Enemies

Hoynes Opens on Procedure; Bartlet Reframes Purpose

Calm, professional, slightly nervous under scrutiny but focused on accuracy rather than politics.

Serves as the minute‑taker, reads the Vice President's prepared lines verbatim, and becomes the documentary instrument Bartlet uses to prove Hoynes' phrasing, remaining professional and literal throughout the exchange.

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S1E8 · Enemies

Bartlet Reclaims the Room — Public Rebuke of Hoynes

Calm, dutiful, perhaps slightly anxious to be accurate under sudden scrutiny but resolutely neutral.

Mildred performs her role precisely: reading typed minutes aloud when asked, supplying the verbatim line that becomes the hinge of Bartlet's rebuke while otherwise remaining unobtrusive and professional.

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S1E8 · Enemies

Press‑Room Bargain — C.J. Trades Access to Quash a Leak

Absent and unaware in the scene, but narratively exposed and vulnerable to panic-driven decisions by higher-ups.

Mildred is not physically present in the press room; she functions as the implied source of the leak and the threatened target of C.J.'s impulsive managerial response, her role catalyzing …

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S1E8 · Enemies

Leak Traced to Mildred; Bartlet Chooses Policy Over Scandal

Absent from the room; implicitly exposed and at risk of embarrassment or disciplinary consequence (inferred vulnerability).

Mildred is not physically present but is named as the minute‑taker who likely leaked the Cabinet meeting minutes; her role is invoked and she becomes the implicated source of the …

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Affiliation

Bartlet Administration (Executive Office of the President)