The main setting of The Help is the city of Jackson, Mississippi, during the time period of 1962-1964. Within this framework are the various homes we are led into. Most of them surround the main characters who tell the story: Aibileen Clark, Minny Jackson, and Eugenia Phelan, known as Miss Skeeter. Aibileen is a black maid who works in the Leefolt household. Her own home serves as a meeting place for her and Miss Skeeter, whenever they work on collecting maid stories and work on writing the book. Minny is a black maid who works for Miss Celia and Johnny Foote, in a mansion out in the countryside. Minny lives with her husband Leroy and several children in the black part of Jackson. Miss Skeeter lives with her parents, Carlton and Charlotte Phelan, in her childhood home, a cotton plantation and estate called Longleaf. Another key site is the home of socialite Miss Hilly Holbrook, the president of the Jackson Junior League. These are the places we become most familiar with, throughout the book.
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