# Mrs. Thomson — The Hoosier Schoolmaster character guide

> Mrs. Thomson in The Hoosier Schoolmaster by Edward Eggleston.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0007-v-the-walk-home

## Who they are

Hannah's mother.

## In the story

### [A Charitable Institution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xxiii-a-charitable-institution)

Shocky's mother, an Englishwoman confined in the poorhouse, suffering from poor sight and harsh conditions, but overjoyed to be rescued.

### [XXIV: The Good Samaritan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xxiv-the-good-samaritan)

Nearly blind English woman who is rescued from the poorhouse, now able to knit stockings and pray with hope.

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