Who is Lucy Baker from Growing Up and what is their importance? Growing_Up_(autobiography) English & Literature Lucy Baker | Growing Up

Lucy is Russell's mother. When she is a young woman, her father dies, and she must drop out of college. With her minimal education, Lucy can only find work as a schoolteacher in rural communities that she considers backwards. She meets Benny, her future husband, in one of these communities, and has three children. Lucy is a strong, matriarchal woman, who tries to reform her husband's bad habits, such as drinking. She believes in equality, even if she sometimes falters in putting that belief into practice. She values education and she also values hard work. She believes that Russell can make something of himself if he only tries.