Stella Maria's Hope Chest by Stella Maria Barioli

Chapter 1: The stolen Letters

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In chapter 1, We meet Violet, Mother, Father, Chloe and Stephen. The story takes place in 1920, and women can't vote yet. Violet finds letters from Chloe the letters were hidden from her mother. Chloe was sent away but Chloe is a new woman. She is a nurse in New York and has a car named Hope Chest. Her best friend Flossy died two years ago from influenza, or the Spanish flu. her brother Stephen is about Chloe's age but we don't know much about him. And Violet misses Chloe so much, she is very mad at her parents for hiding her letters.

Chapter 2 The Dying Mrs,Renwick

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Violet was running away from home to go to NY city to see Chloe her sister. She meets this lady Mrs,Renwick she is a rude old lady. This old lady starts talking about how women shed by working for men but Violet disagrees with her. And then a guy comes down the aisle with candy and the old lady buys two Tootsie Rolls for Violet takes the candy because she doesn't like being rode.

Chapter 3 Meeting Myrtle

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The theme is that when you are scared or you think it's impossible to find help it will come to you if you try. When Violet gets to NY she is having a really hard time. But the shes in the subway there's this nose that sounds like the subway breaking down then shes on the streets and a newsletters boy says to Violet "get lost, find your own sidewalk" and pushed her aside. Then she meets this colored girl that helps her

Chapter 4 Henry street

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Violet and Myrtle when't in a Settlement House where they met this man he thought that women should vote! And Violet asks where Chloe but the man said that Chloe when't to support women's right to vote. Violet was so sad but women didn't cry in public so she was holding back her tears but one. The man asked if their parents were around but there parents were not around but that second a women asked if the man could help. So when he left the ran out of the settlement house. They ended up in the streets again

Chapter 5 Hobie and the Brakeman

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They meet this boy his name is Hobie this boy rides trains for free only because he rids in empty train carts. So Violet and Myrtle get on an empty train cart. When they wake up a man gets a hold of Hobie and asks if he has any money in a rude way but he says he does not have money. Then the man gets a hold of Myrtle and holds her off the edge of the cart but Violet stops the man and yells " I have money and put her down". Then the guy tells Violet to give him 30 cents but Hobie tells him 15 cents and the man takes the money and leaves. Then they made it to Washington but when Violet and Myrtle get off Hobie stays on he says

Chapter 6 It all comes down To Tennessee

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The theme is you should not judge different colored people.

For Example, when Violet first met Myrtle she was a little skeptical of her because of her skin but now she is friends with her. In Chapter 6 they get to Washington then go to Myrtle's old street to get somewhat clean. Then they went to the house where supposedly Chloe lives. She knocks on the door and a girl welcomes her later after they talk a bit she tells her that Chloe is in Tennessee.

Chapter 7 Heading to Nashville

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Violet and Myrtle go downstairs and see Mr. Martin is there. They talk, and Mr. Martin tells Violet she should send a telegram to her parents saying she was okay. Violet and Myrtle learn that Chloe is in Nashville, where the vote for women is getting important. They decide to all go to Nashville, and later on in the train car, the conductor tells Myrtle she isn't welcome in their car. She has to go to the colored car. Mr. Martin stood up for her, Miss Dexter seems to not like Myrtle because she doesn't want to cause more attention to them. In the end Violet wishes Myrtle didn't have to leave and she's alone with the suffragists now.

Chapter 8 In the Jim Crow car

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Myrtle is making her way to the colored car in the back of the train. Once she finally gets there, she meets an old woman, Mrs. Merganser, who used to be a slave. The woman told Myrtle that the amendment for women to vote would not include colored women. Myrtle is very stubborn and determined that colored women will have the right to vote.

Chapter 9 Mr, Martin's Escape

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In Chapter 9, Violet and Myrtle realize that Mr. Martin is running away from the police. They don't know what he did wrong. Two men called Palmer agents tried to find Mr. Martin, and they question the suffragists about him and accuse the women of not being very intelligent because they are female. The two men treated the women like they were dumb. We see examples of inequality with the Jim Crow car and Myrtle being separated from the rest of the group. Another example of inequality is between men and women, we can tell the agents don't think women should get the right to vote.

Chapter 10 Red and Yellow Roses

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Chapter 11 Finding Chloe

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Chapter 12 Violet Spies

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Violet found Myrtle and Mr.Marten at first Chloe and Mr.Marten did not look happy to see each other. They started talking but Myrtle but since she was colored she was not welcome there and the desk clerk kicked them out. And they got in the hope chest and Chloe and Mr.marten started talking about the car. Eventually they stopped talking and went to get something to eat for Mr.Marten and Myrtle.

Chapter 13 Dead Horse alley

sb75221 — 2025-04-25 14:29:28 UTC

In chapter 13 Myrtle and Mr.Martin are trying to find a place to eat and sleep for the night. But they can't find a place that will take colored people. Then Myrtle said that they just should eat on the alley way because Myrtle was hungry so Mr.Martin said fine and they ate on the alley way on some stone steps. Then Mr.Martin asked a person that was at the front desk of a drug store if he knew a place that would take a colored person and not a colored person. The guy told them to go to Dead horse alley so they went there

Chapter 14 Max Bloomstein's Pharmacy

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Myrtle was thinking about what to do after everything and she didn't want to go back to the girls institute and she didn't have any family members. They meet up with Chloe and Violet and Mr.Marten and Chloe had a long chat with Mr.Marten.

Chapter 15 The Ferocious Mrs. Catt

sb75221 — 2025-05-07 14:55:43 UTC

Myrtle was