Something Unspoken by Tennessee Williams. Short summary

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Cornelia Scott would like to be elected president of the Daughters of the Confederacy Society. She’s celebrating 15 years of having Grace Lancaster as her secretary. But there is a sense of tension in the women’s communication.

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Rich Southern woman Cornelia Scott spent 14 years working for the Daughters of the Confederacy sorority. She has held various positions, but never as chairman. Today is an election. Cornelia did not go to them, but to crush the pity of the women voters, she called and said on behalf of the secretary that Ms. Scott had a cold.

Cornelia’s secretary of 60 years, Grace Lancaster, is an old maid in her 40s. She has served Ms. Scott for 15 years, and this is the anniversary the women are about to celebrate. But there is some tension, nervousness, and something understated in their communication. The women’s jibes are interspersed with unimportant remarks of politeness.

Cornelia Scott is on the phone with her friend Esmeralda Hawkins to find out how the organization’s elections are going. She’s all tense. But she wants to know what Grace is hiding. She manages to shake up the secretary. Grace voices her dissatisfaction with social injustice.