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The young daughter of Elizabeth Leefolt, Mae Mobley loves her maid, Aibileen, more than her actual mother. Due to her mother’s negligence, Mae Mobley lacks self-confidence, but Aibileen tries to instill in her the belief that she is good and valuable.
Mae Mobley Leefolt is a 2 1/2 year old white toddler. She is the daughter of Elizabeth and Raleigh Leefolt. She has a younger brother, Lil Man. Aibileen Clark, a 53-year-old black maid, takes care of her, and Mae Mobley is mostly seen through Aibileen's eyes.
A gifted writer and storyteller, Aibileen makes up stories for Mae Mobley to teach her that Black people and white people are not so different and encourages Mae Mobley to think twice about the assumptions white adults make about Black people.
Aibileen cares the most about two people in this world: her best friend Minny Jackson and Mae Mobley, the white girl she raises over the course of novel. As the novel’s moral compass, Aibileen is a warm, compassionate woman who bears racial oppression with a quiet resilience.
Aibileen and Mae Mobley. Aibileen's relationship with Mae Mobley is touching in the extreme. For three years, they are each other's world. Aibileen identifies with Mae Mobley because, right from the start, the little girl doesn't fit in to the society she's born into.
Mae Mobley is neglected and physically and verbally abused by her mother Elizabeth. When Mae Mobley starts to believe these things are her own fault, Aibileen feels compelled to change the girl's mind.
In the summer of 1962 in Jackson, Mississippi, Aibileen Clark, a Black woman in her fifties, has been working for the white Leefolt family for two years as a maid and caretaker of their daughter, Mae Mobley.
