The Help- Characters

Miss Myrna

She used to write a column for the "Jackson Journal" on housekeeping advice. Skeeter's carries on writing the column.

Constantine

Very tall, her eyes were light brown, strikingly honey colored against her dark skin. She worked for Skeeter's family, she practically raised Skeeter. She was very old by the time Mrs. Phelan fired her. She gave her daughter up for adoption because she was white.

Minny Jackson

Best cook in Hinds County, everyone wants her, but the problem with her is that she is a sass-mouther, always talking back. Her best friend is Aibileen. She has five children and is pregnant with the sixth. She is physically abused by her husband.

Mrs. Walters

Hilly's mother, her maid was Minny. Hilly puts her in a nursing home so that Minny doesn't get a job

Elizabeth Leefolt

Hilly's best friend, she dresses up nice every day, she doesn't really care much for Mae Mobley. Has two children. she makes her own clothes. she doesn't have as much money as the rest of her friends.

Hilly Walters Holbrook

Round face and dark brown hair, her skin is olive colored with frekeles and moles. She is the meanest one towards the colored. Adores her two children. Is the president of the League and thinks she has a lot of authority

Mae Mobley

She is two years old at the beginning of the book and four by the end. big brown eyes and honey colored curls. She loves Aibileen more than her mom. She is chubby

Stuart Whitworth

Skeeter's boyfriend in parts of the book. Proposed marriage to Skeeter but it didn't work out. He is tall, thin and very handsome. He is the Senator's son

Charlotte Boundreau Cantrelle Phelan

Skeeter's mother, she wants Skeeter to get married. She has ulcers and cancer. She's always criticizing how Skeeter looks

Aibileen Clark

dark brown skin, grey eyebrows. First person to accept working for the "Help". Works for Elizabeth, her best friend is Minny Jackson. Has taken care of 17 children. Her favorite part of being a maid is being able to take care of the babies. She is 53 years old. She had a son named Treelored who died.

Eugenia Phelan (Skeeter)

really tall and skinny, blonde, short and frizzy hair. She is 23 years old. She is one of the few that is nice to the colored. The author of "Help". She is the only one that doesn't follow what Hilly says.

Celia Foote

she is white trash, she dresses in a very tacky way. She hired Minny as her maid. Everyone in the League hates her for marring Hilly's old boyfriend. She has lost 4 babies. tries too hard to fit in. Doesn't have any friends. She treats Minny very nicely. Is somewhat dumb