Aibileen is Miss Leefolt's help.

Aibileen helps take care of Mae Mobley, more than Miss Leefolt.

Aibileen works for 95 cents an hour.

Aibileen had a son named Treelore, but he died at 24 due to a loading deck accident.

Aibileen is friends with Minny, another one of "the help".

Aibileen helps Skeeter with her "Miss Myrna" column because Skeeter knows nothing about housekeeping/cleaning.

Aibileen is asked by Skeeter if she can help her with her book on the help, but Aibileen says no because it is too dangerous for her if Miss Leefolt finds out.

Aibileen knows about Constantine, but doesn't want to tell Skeeter what happened.

Aibileen decides to help Skeeter with the book and gets Minny involved.

When Yule May is tossed in jail, a lot of other maids decide to help with the stories.

Mae Mobley is Elizabeth's daughter.

Mae Mobley is taken care of more by Aibileen than her own mother.

Mae Mobley is neglected by both her parents and Aibileen seems to be the only one that cares for her.

Mae Mobley is a pretty chubby child.

Mae Mobley feels like Aibileen is her real mother.

When Aibileen tried to teach Mae potty training, she was trying to go in the outside bathroom.

Aibileen has been trying to teach Mae Mobley equality.

Mae Mobley drew a picture of herself as black, but he teacher yelled at her for it.

Miss Leefolt is the person that Aibileen works for.

Miss Leefolt doesn't take care of her daughter, Mae Mobley properly.

Miss Leefolt goes along with whatever Miss Hilly says and she builds a colored bathroom outside because Miss Hilly says she should.

Miss Leefolt doesn't like when Aibileen is talking to her friends.

Miss Leefolt hosts the bridge club where Miss Walter, Hilly, and Skeeter come to play and chat.

Miss Leefolt is a people pleaser.

Miss Leefolt gets pregnant again and has a boy this time.

Miss Leefolt is racist.

Miss Hilly is the daughter of Miss Walter.

Miss Hilly intimidates the other women with her opinions and is quick to judge people by looks.

Miss Hilly is very intimidating to the other women and they like to go along with anything she says.

Miss Hilly wanted to pass a bill that made every household with a maid have a colored bathroom outside, because she thought that colored people had different diseases than white people.

Miss Hilly started a rumor about Minny stealing a candle holder so that Minny wouldn't find work after Hilly sent Miss Walter to the old folks home.

Miss Hilly is very manipulative, especially when one of the help is involved.

Miss Hilly is trying to get Skeeter to go on a blind date with her husband's cousin, who is the son of a state senator.

Miss Hilly finds out about the book about the help and starts trying to get the maids fired.

Miss Walter is Hilly Holbrook's mother.

Miss Walter is quite old and frail, so Hilly ignores this and instead blames her maid, Milly, for not feeding her enough.

Miss Walter's hearing is not very good, so that helped Minny stay at her job.

Miss Walter was sent off to an old folks home by Miss Hilly.

Miss Walter goes to the Benefit with Hilly.

Hilly is put down for a chocolate pie without her knowledge, but she assumes it's Celia who knows about the pie.

It's actually Miss Walter who bidded it for her, and started laughing telling her that it's something they will both never forget.

Miss Walter seems like she liked Minny a bit.

Miss Skeeter is very tall and skinny.

Miss Skeeter is "the kind that talk to the help".

Aibileen says that Miss Skeeter's clothes "look like someone else dressed her"

Miss Skeeter had a conversation with Aibileen about if she wanted to change things.

Miss Skeeter wants to be a writer at Harper and Row.

Miss Skeeter doesn't have a husband, so her mother wants her to get a job where she can find a husband.

Miss Skeeter went to college with her friends, but they all dropped out because they found husbands.

Miss Skeeter had help named Constantine when she was growing up, and Constantine was her best friend.

Constantine disappeared and left a note saying she went to Chicago to live with her relatives when Skeeter came back from college, but Skeeter thinks that something else happened because she left so abruptly.

Miss Skeeter wants to write a book about the help, but she doesn't realize how dangerous it is.

Miss Skeeter is going to be on a blind date with Hilly's husband's cousin, who is the son of a state senator.

Miss Skeeter finishes writing the book and sends it to Ms Stein.

Minny is "the best cook in all of Mississippi"

Minny likes to mouth back to people.

Minny was talked down upon by Miss Hilly because she thought Minny wasn't feeding Miss Walter enough.

Miss Hilly started a rumor about her that she stole a candle holder and so nobody wanted to hire Minny because they thought that she was a thief.

Minny acts tough around the other maids but she is more of herself around Aibileen.

Minny was hired by Celia Foote to work as her help, but she has to hide from Celia's husband because he doesn't want help.

Minny met Mister Johnny but they kept it secret from Celia.

Minny thought that Celia was a drunk, but she was actually drinking a tonic.

Minny's terrible awful thing she did was put her poop in a pie for Hilly and Hilly ate two slices.

Celia Foote is probably from the South, as she has a strong accent.

Celia Foote looks like Marilyn Monroe.

Celia Foote is hated by Miss Hilly because she married Miss Hilly's old boyfriend.

Celia Foote gets distracted easily.

Celia Foote's husband doesn't want help, so she hires Minny secretly.

Celia Foote isn't great at cooking and cleaning, basic housewife stuff, so she would buy new shirts and have Minny teach her how to cook.

Celia Foote owns a giant house, but she has no children.

Celia Foote fired Minny after she claimed Celia was a drunk.

Celia Foote has had 4 miscarriages, but Mister Johnny only knows about one.

Mr. Johnny is a pretty neat guy.

Minny is scared of Mr Johnny when he first meets her

Mr. Johnny loves Minny's cooking.

Mr. Johnny loves Celia a lot and doesn't care that she can't cook or clean.

Mr. Johnny only knows about one of Celia's pregnancies (for the moment)

Mr. Johnny knows about Minny working for Celia.

Celia tells Mr Johnny about all the miscarriages.

Mr Johnny tells Minny that she would always have a job at their house.

Stuart was Skeeter's date.

Stuart is an alcoholic.

Stuart doesn't seem to care for Skeeter, as on their date, he was looking at Celia instead.

After the date, Stuart went to Skeeter's house to apologize for being so drunk.

After Stuart apologizes, Skeeter starts going out with him again.

Soon, him and Skeeter take a break because he realizes he's not over Patricia.

Stuart then gets over Patricia, and proposes to Skeeter.

Skeeter tells him about the book, and he promises that he won't tell anyone about it, but he can't marry her.