<P> In 1963 , Aibileen Clark is an African - American maid in Jackson , Mississippi , and in intermittent voice overs she tells her `` career '' story to the aspiring writer Eugenia `` Skeeter '' Phelan , a recent graduate of Ole Miss and a friend of Aibileen 's employer and fellow socialite Elizabeth Leefolt . Aibileen cares for the Leefolt 's daughter , Mae Mobley , whom Elizabeth neglects . Aibileen 's best friend is the plain - spoken Minny Jackson , who works for Mrs. Walters , the mother of Hilly Holbrook , the leader of the women 's socialite group . </P>
<P> In 1963 , Aibileen Clark is an African - American maid in Jackson , Mississippi , and in intermittent voice overs she tells her `` career '' story to the aspiring writer Eugenia `` Skeeter '' Phelan , a recent graduate of Ole Miss and a friend of Aibileen 's employer and fellow socialite Elizabeth Leefolt . Aibileen cares for the Leefolt 's daughter , Mae Mobley , whom Elizabeth neglects . Aibileen 's best friend is the plain - spoken Minny Jackson , who works for Mrs. Walters , the mother of Hilly Holbrook , the leader of the women 's socialite group . </P>
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Elizabeth Leefolt
Elizabeth Leefolt