Miss Celia, the woman Minny works for, does not know that her husband found out about Minny and is actually happy that Minny is working for them. Minny still has to sneak around so Miss Celia thinks her husband does not know. Miss Celia would also sneak up to one of the old bedrooms and stay there all day while Minny cleaned. Minny spied and saw that Miss Celia was an alcoholic and was going up to that room to drink. Minny confronted Celia and was fired. After getting home from Miss Hilly's house, Skeeter noticed that she left her bag. Miss Hilly was nosy and all of the interviews and books on the Jim Crow laws were in that bag. Miss Hilly was not a supporter of the Civil Rights movements and was actually trying to pass a law that would have mandatory separate bathrooms for the help. Miss Hilly started to avoid Skeeter but Skeeter saw her at the swimming pool one day and talked her way out of what Miss Hilly found.
A big turning point in this section was when a man was killed by a member of the KKK. The man was the husband of a woman who was higher up in the NAACP. The NAACP is the national association for the advancement of colored people who work towards civil rights for minorities. The husband was attacked and shot in the back. This scared many of the people in the area but it also brought about a surprise. Aibileen was able to convince more maids to talk to Skeeter.
Minny waited a few days and went to beg for her job back. When she got to the house, Miss Celia was curled up in a ball and there was blood on her night gown and all over the room. When Minny looked in the toilet she saw a dead baby. Miss Celia was crying and told Minny that this is the fourth time it had happened. It turns out that what Minny thought was whiskey was actually molasses and water that Miss Celia was given by Native Americans to help prevent the miscarriages. Minny had to work fast to clean up all of the blood before Miss Celia's husband got home. The twists and turns in this story really take you buy surprise.
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