Overview
Character Name
Nella Pettway
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Spoken
Time & Place
gee's bend, alabama, 1930s, 1960s, 1980s
Analysis
Nella is the older daughter of Alice. She is proud and independent – Alice never marries because she does not want to settle for the men in Gee’s Bend. She participates alongside her sister Sadie in the Civil Rights movement in Alabama. Alice never teaches Nella to
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