# Miss Billy Barton — The Eleventh Virgin character guide

> Miss Billy Barton in The Eleventh Virgin by Dorothy Day.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Billy, Willie

**First appearance:** 0004-ii

## Snapshot

A lively, unconventional friend whose freedom and wit give June a glimpse of the emancipated life she claims to want.

## Who they are

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 June meets through newspapers and radical causes, the ones who make freedom look like a gown one can simply put on. Her presence sharpens June's growing suspicion that her own emancipation is a trapping rather than a truth.

## Relationships

### [June Henreddy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/characters/june_henreddy)

_friendship_

Miss Billy Barton is a close friend or confidante of June, with many interactions suggesting strong companionship.

### [June Henreddy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/characters/june_henreddy)

_friendship_

Miss Billy Barton is a close friend or confidante of June, with many interactions suggesting strong companionship.

### [June Henreddy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/characters/june_henreddy)

_friendship_

Miss Billy Barton is a close friend or confidante of June, with many interactions suggesting strong companionship.

## In the story

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/chapters/iii)

Fellow suffragist and friend; shares a silent moment with June on the train and is arrested alongside her, laughing during the ordeal.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/chapters/iii)

June's friend who advises her not to run after Dick, offering her studio as a refuge.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eleventh_virgin_se/chapters/iv)

The only person June confides in; she lends June money and gives advice about the pregnancy.

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