Mary Prince went from a Georgia prisoner to Amy Carter’s White House caretaker. It’s a story difficult to imagine in any modern presidency but Jimmy Carter’s.

The story may sound crazy or hard to believe at face value, but while in the White House in 1977, Carter hired Mary Prince, a young Black woman from Georgia, to be his daughter Amy’s nanny.

The Carters welcomed Mary Prince, a woman wrongfully convicted of murder into the White House as Amy Carter’s nanny. Freelance Reporter Freelance Reporter Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.

ATLANTA - Amy Carter was just 9 years old when her father ... SEE ALSO: Why Rosalynn Carter hired a convicted murderer as a nanny in the White House Image 1 of 35 Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter ...

who served as Amy Carter’s nanny at the White House. “Ms. Mary” walked to the front pew and embraced Amy as they stood beside Carter’s flag-draped casket. Above them, on the wall ...

However, Prince soon was able to secure a job at the Georgia governor’s mansion as a trusty, where she quickly found herself working as a nanny for Carter’s eldest daughter. “Amy and I—we hit it off ...

Prince was given permission to travel to Carter’s inauguration in January 1977, where she told the New York Times the new First Lady offered her a job in the White House as Amy’s nanny once again.