Characters
She is the young white woman who writes The Help’s book within the book.
Skeeter Phelan
Skeeter writes this column for the Jackson Journal.
Miss Myrna
“You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” — Who says this and to whom?
Aibileen to Mae Mobley
The novel is set in this Southern U.S. state.
Mississippi
The name of the activist murdered in Jackson, whose death deeply affects Aibileen.
Medgar Evers
This outspoken maid loses many jobs because of her sharp tongue.
Minny Jackson
This fictional town is being used as a pseudonym in Skeeter's book about the maid's experience.
Nicetown, Mississippi
"I've been thinking about you. You're smart, you're pretty, you're...tall."
Stuart Whitworth
The story is set during this decade, known for the Civil Rights Movement.
1960s
The arrested maid who inspired the other maids to aide Skeeter in her book.
Yule May
The social leader of Jackson and the head of the Junior League.
Hilly Holbrook
A compilation of laws and segregation policies.
Jim Crow Laws booklet
"Are you...do you find...find men attractive? Are you having unnatural thoughts about... girls or women?"
Charlotte Phelan
The war that inspired a shrine to Stuart Whitworth's home decor.
Civil War
Called the governor a "pathetic man with the morals of a streetwalker". Was later lynched.
Carl Roberts
Married to Elizabeth Leefolt. Tells Aibileen not to talk to Miss Skeeter anymore.
Raleigh Leefolt
The newsletter Hilly Holbrook wants her initiative printed in.
Junior League Newsletter
"I'm ashamed. Sometimes, Senator. Ashamed of what goes on in Mississippi."
Carleton Phelan
The hotel Miss Leffolt's mother would like to have lunch in.
the Robert E. Lee Hotel
This social movement was aimed to abolish racial segregation and discrimination in the United States from 1954 to 1968.
Civil Rights Movement
To avoid the rumors, Skeeter steals the Jim Crow Laws booklet to avoid an encounter with this librarian.
Susie Pernell
The publishing company considering Skeeter's manuscript that Miss Stein works for.
Harper & Row, Publishers.
"Cat got on the porch this morning, bout gave me a cadillac arrest thinking it was mister Johnny."
Minny Jackson
Toilets were dropped off at this person's front yard due to an intentional misprint by Skeeter.
Hilly Holbrook's
The oldest civil rights organization in the United States.
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)