# Ruby Brown — Poetry character guide

> Ruby Brown in Poetry by Langston Hughes.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** herself

**First appearance:** 0212-red-silk-stockings

## Who they are

A woman whose story is told in a poem about urban life and temptation.

## In the story

### [Ruby Brown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_15_se/chapters/ruby-brown)

A young, beautiful Black woman who seeks joy and opportunity but is forced into sex work due to racial and economic constraints.

### [The New Cabaret Girl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_15_se/chapters/the-new-cabaret-girl)

The new cabaret girl, described as a 'little yaller gal' with blue-green eyes, crying in the cabaret.

## Links

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