Minerva Tomgallon

Minerva Tomgallon, in the third and final year of Anne's principalship of the Summerside Highschool, invited her to the Tomgallon House for dinner. A grim, austere, sorrowful and yet somehow mysterious elderly lady, Minerva was the last of the glorious Tomgallons. She hardly allowed Anne to get a word in edgewise when she visited, and took a grim pride and even joy in her family's 'curse'.

Physical Appearance
"..She looks exactly as you would expect a Minerva Tomgallon to look . . . tall and thin, with a long, narrow white face, a long thin nose and a long thin mouth. That doesn't sound very attractive, yet Miss Minerva is quite handsome in a stately, aristocratic style and is always dressed with great, though somewhat old-fashioned, elegance. She was quite a beauty when she was young, Rebecca Dew tells me, and her large black eyes are still full of fire and dark luster.  She suffers from no lack of words..."

- Anne Shirley to Gilbert Blythe concerning Minerva Tomgallon

Appearances
Anne of Windy Poplars