Martha Habersham

Submitted by sfr on Sat, 2015-03-28 09:34
Text: 
"Skirmish at Sartoris"
Character Key: 
Martha Habersham
Display Name: 
Martha Habersham
Sort Name: 
Habersham, Martha
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Female
Class: 
Upper Class
Rank: 
Secondary
Vitality: 
Alive
First Mentioned: 
Carolina in the Civil War in "Skirmish at Sartoris" (Location)
Other Texts: 
The Unvanquished
Biography: 

The Habersham family figures in Faulkner's fiction as one of the founders of Yoknapatawpha. Martha Habersham figures in this story as the most determined among the Jefferson ladies who pressure Drusilla to behave like a woman. Convinced that Drusilla and John Sartoris' relationship is sexual, Mrs. Habersham takes the lead in planning the wedding between them.

Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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