Mrs. Wilkins
Character Key Number:
1470
Display Name:
Mrs. Wilkins
Sort Name:
Wilkins, Mrs.
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
In The Unvanquished Mrs. Wilkins and her husband give Bayard a home while he is pursuing a law degree in Oxford, Mississippi. She is a "small" woman whose little gestures ("she just put her hands on my shoulders") reveal her big compassion for Bayard (215).