# The Eleventh Virgin — Character guide

> Key figures in The Eleventh Virgin by Dorothy Day.

- [June Henreddy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/characters/june_henreddy.md): June moves through hospital wards, radical meetings, and her mother's parlor with the same reckless curiosity, laughing joyfully even as she bathes the dying. She insists she is a free and emancipated woman, yet confesse
- [Dick Wemys](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/characters/dick_wemys.md): Dick slides through life with a happy-go-lucky ease June loves even as she braces for his brutality, calling their life together an affair that must end. He has told her plainly he will never consent to a child and will 
- [Mother Grace](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/characters/mother_grace.md): Mother Grace once called June a comfort and now wonders what has gotten into her eldest children, watching her daughter flaunt ideas in her face. She powders her dimpled shoulders, sips oh-be-joyful, and adds mentally, '
- [Adele](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/characters/adele.md): Adele still in grammar school, she shares the long evenings curled on the sofa with Poe and Stevenson, and the cold dash up to icy beds. On the dark walk home from the wards, June can ask her 'How many times have you fal
- [Hugh Brace](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/characters/hugh_brace.md): Hugh Brace moves through June's orbit as a friend and possible suitor, the kind of man whose reliability throws Dick's irresponsibility into relief. He belongs to the world of work and ordinary decency June keeps half-di
- [Miss Billy Barton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/characters/miss_billy_barton.md): Billy Barton moves through June's world with the easy independence June admires and half-envies, unbothered by the proprieties that dog a young woman's reputation. She is part of the circle of modern, unfettered people J
- [Regina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/characters/regina.md): A friend or acquaintance, part of June's social world.
- [Mr. Armand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/characters/mr_armand.md): A minor character, possibly a teacher or family friend.
- [Ivan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/characters/ivan.md): A friend or acquaintance, part of June's circle.
- [Daniel Sloane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/characters/daniel_sloane.md): A friend or potential romantic interest.
- [Glubb](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/characters/glubb.md): A minor character, possibly a servant or local.
- [Mr. Henreddy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/characters/mr_henreddy.md): June's father, a somewhat distant figure.
- [Chester](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/characters/chester.md): A minor character, possibly a suitor or friend.
- [Mrs. Wittle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/characters/mrs_wittle.md): A neighbor or acquaintance of the family.
- [Ellen Winter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/characters/ellen_winter.md): A friend or acquaintance from June's past.
- [Jim Pickering](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/characters/jim_pickering.md): A minor character, possibly a friend or colleague.
- [Helen Drummond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/characters/helen_drummond.md): A friend or acquaintance, possibly a relative of Grace.
- [Adam Sunquist](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/characters/adam_sunquist.md): A minor character, possibly a friend or colleague.
- [Jane Worth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/characters/jane_worth.md): A minor character, possibly a friend or acquaintance.

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