Unnamed Women of Jackson
Character Key Number:
3205
Display Name:
Unnamed Women of Jackson
Sort Name:
Unnamed Women of Jackson
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
The "Jackson women" who in Requiem for a Nun sponsor the three-day "Kermis Ball" to raise money for a Confederate monument in 1887 may belong to an early version of a group like the United Daughters of the Confederacy (87). The term "kermis" refers to an outdoor festival.