# Miss Betsy Barker — Cranford character guide

> Miss Betsy Barker in Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Miss Betty Barker, Miss Barker, Betty, Lizzy

**First appearance:** 0000-i-our-society

## Who they are

A former milliner who keeps a cow and is devoted to fashion.

## In the story

### [Our Society](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cranford_se/chapters/i-our-society)

An old lady whose Alderney cow falls into a lime-pit; she follows Captain Brown's advice to clothe the cow in a flannel waistcoat and drawers.

### [Visiting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cranford_se/chapters/vii-visiting)

Former milliner, now retired, invites Miss Matty and the narrator to a select tea party, carefully excluding Mrs. Fitz-Adam.

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