Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, whos always taken orders quietly, but lately shes unable to hold her bitterness back. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must somehow keep secrets about her employer that leave her speechless. White socialite Skeeter just graduated college. Shes full of ambition, but without a husband, shes consider Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, whos always taken orders quietly, but lately shes unable to hold her bitterness back. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must somehow keep secrets about her employer that leave her speechless. White socialite Skeeter just graduated college. Shes full of ambition, but without a husband, shes considered a failure. Together, these seemingly different women join together to write a tell-all book about work as a black maid in the South, that could forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town...