Unnamed Negro Old Woman 1
Character Key Number:
1218
Display Name:
Unnamed Negro Old Woman 1
Sort Name:
Unnamed Negro Old Woman 1
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
When Popeye's mother gets sick after her husband abandons her in Sanctuary, she goes to this "old negro woman" rather than a doctor, and the woman "tells her what was wrong" (304). The narrator doesn't tell us, but the problem is probably syphilis.