![]() ![]() Then both, unthinkingly, inflict grievous harm on the other. There is a push-pull between them, instant dislike at first, followed by personality clashes-Eliza thinks Grace is rigid and arrogant, Grace resents Eliza’s spoiled, upper-class attitude. ![]() The main arc of the episodic plot is the conflicted friendship between Grace and Eliza. Although prominent African Americans like Mary McLeod Bethune urge enlistment in the WACs to advance “the race,” the government reneges on its promise to not segregate the WACs. But as they enter training, even as relatively privileged officer candidates, they soon learn that racial and sex discrimination have followed them into the armed forces. Grace and Eliza meet as new recruits to the newly formed Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, where each hopes to alter her destiny. ![]() Eliza Jones is warring with her employer and father, the editor and publisher of a prominent Black newspaper, because he’s relegated her to covering the society beat. As the United States heads into World War II, two Black women in Harlem are dissatisfied with their career prospects.Īlthough she’s a brilliant pianist, Grace Steele freezes at her Juilliard audition and fears to confess her failure to her mother, who’s already distraught about son Tony’s disappearance in the Philippines. ![]()
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