# Mam Liza — Iola Leroy character guide

> Mam Liza in Iola Leroy by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mammy Liza, mammy, Mammy

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-uncle-daniel-s-story

## Who they are

Elderly former slave who works as a nurse and caretaker.

## In the story

### [XI: The Plague and the Law](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xi-the-plague-and-the-law)

Grieves upon learning of Marse Eugene's death.

### [XII: Schoolgirl Notions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xii-schoolgirl-notions)

Faithful nurse attending Gracie during her final illness; present at the deathbed scene.

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