Mrs. Calvert is the Yankee mother of Cathleen Calvert and Cade and Raiford Calvert who has never really fit in in the South. When the Yankees move through the South burning plantations after the war, the Calverts’ house is saved because of Mrs. Calvert’s Yankee accent. This embarrasses her, and she decides to move back North to be with her native people.
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Mrs. Calvert Character Timeline in Gone with the Wind
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Chapter 26
...enslaved persons also had sex, resulting in “yellow babies.” The Calverts’ house was saved because Mrs. Calvert has a Yankee accent. Grandma Fontaine says Cathleen Calvert has no pride and was embarrassed,...
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Chapter 29
...hopeless. At the Calverts’, Cade is home, but he’s dying. Cade and Cathleen live with Mrs. Calvert and their overseer, Hilton, who’s been acting like an equal ever since his Yankee accent...
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...Tara is invited. She is marrying Hilton, the Calverts’ Yankee overseer. Cade is dying and Mrs. Calvert is moving north. As Cathleen rides away, Scarlett thinks that she can’t be in love...
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