Inside the story
Meet Aunt Nan
Elizabeth's aunt and Lizzie's mother, a practical, hardworking woman who helps support the family and discourages Elizabeth from pursuing school instead of earning money.
On the page
a middle-aged woman, tall and thin, with faded brown hair and a faint family resemblance to Elizabeth's mother. Her shoulders stoop slightly, and she wears plain, workaday dressmaker's clothing.








