Unnamed Matron of the Memphis Orphanage
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Unnamed Matron of the Memphis Orphanage
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Unnamed Matron of the Memphis Orphanage
Race:
White
Gender:
Female
Class:
Middle Class
Rank:
Secondary
Vitality:
Alive
Occupation:
Administrative
Specific Job:
Orphanage Matron
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Biography:
The matron of the (segregated, all-white) orphanage in Memphis is "past fifty, flabby faced, with weak, kind, frustrated eyes" (133). When she hears that Joe Christmas is being called a Negro, she decides to place him with a family as quickly as possible. She seems to have the child's interests at heart, both in making sure Christmas doesn't have to go to the "colored" orphanage, and in keeping the rumors about his race from McEachern, the white man who adopts him.
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Individual
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