Who is Nina Yolande Du Bois from the book, W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868-1919: Biography of a Race?

Nina Yolande was Dubois and Nina's second child. A mostly absent father, Du Bois pushes Yolande too hard for her abilities, often making her feel like a failure in the process. Du Bois makes a tremendous effort to get Yolande enrolled in the exclusive Bedales School for girls in England. Just as World War I breaks out Nina and Yolande arrive in Britain to enroll the girl in Bedales. Both mother and daughter are miserable. Nina thinks the school is too easy on her daughter, and the school supervisors complain about Yolande's bad manners. For whatever reason, Bedales gives up on trying to educate Yolande and kicks her out. In a letter pleading to stay, Yolande writes to her father, "I can't help it if I'm stupid." The mother and daughter arrive home in 1916 just as Du Bois leaves for a vacation in Maine.