A Virtuous Woman | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Blinking Jack Stokes - This character is a tenant farmer at the Hoover farm and has a spouse 20 years younger.

Ruby Pitt Woodrow Stokes - This character loves children and was the victim of an abusive marriage.

John Woodrow - This character is a handsome but abusive migrant worker who dies after a bar fight.

Burr - This character acquires the Hoover farm in exchange for marrying their daughter, who is pregnant out of wedlock.

Tiny Fran - This character is promiscuous and abusive.

June - This character is the child who...
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