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To Kill a Mocking Bird TKAM Allusions

TKAM Allusions 19-23

Chapter 20

all men are created equal: a phrase from The Declaration of Independence.

distaff side of the Executive branch: a reference to Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (the Executive branch is the President, and distaff, in this case, means wife). Eleanor Roosevelt often came in for much criticism, especially in the South, for her views on civil rights.

Einstein: Albert Einstein (1979 - 1955), German-born physicist.

Rockefeller: John D. Rockefeller (1839 - 1937), one of the richest men in America at the time.

Thomas Jefferson: 3rd President of the United States (1801 - 1809) and the author of The Declaration of Independence.