# Mrs. Mary Ellen Wilks — Main Street character guide

> Mrs. Mary Ellen Wilks in Main Street by Sinclair Lewis.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mrs. Wilks, Mary

**First appearance:** 0051-vi

## Who they are

A poor, struggling woman with many children.

## In the story

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/main_street_se/chapters/ii)

Proprietor of Ye Art Shoppe, which Carol sees as a touching but flawed attempt at beauty.

### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/main_street_se/chapters/viii)

Christian Scientist who argues that poverty stems from lack of spiritual understanding, dismissing material aid.

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