# Little Emma — The Quest of the Silver Fleece character guide

> Little Emma in The Quest of the Silver Fleece by W. E. B. Du Bois.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Emma

**First appearance:** 0004-ii-the-school

## Who they are

A young Black girl in the community.

## In the story

### [XXXII: Zora's Way](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_quest_of_the_silver_fleece_se/chapters/xxxii-zora-s-way)

Seen as a young woman now, walking with a white man. Zora intervenes, and Emma becomes the catalyst for Zora's new mission to protect black girls.

### [The Mob](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_quest_of_the_silver_fleece_se/chapters/xxxvii-the-mob)

Returns from nurse training, becomes a nurse at Zora's hospital, and cares for injured white children.

### [Atonement](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_quest_of_the_silver_fleece_se/chapters/xxxviii-atonement)

Nurses Colonel Cresswell, is revealed to be his granddaughter, and receives a legacy.

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