New Characters:
Mrs. Viola Cullinan: Marguerite’s employer
Miss Glory: the cook who also works for Miss Cullinan
Summary
Chapter 16 describes the preparations for life given girls in the South. “While white girls learned to waltz and sit gracefully with a tea cup balanced . . . we were lagging behind, learning the mid-Victorian values.” Another preparation for life given to Black Southern girls is working in the kitchen or home of a white family. Ten-year-old Marguerite enrolls in this “finishing school” when she becomes an employee of...
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