Miss Maudie was an example of someone who was not as strict about following the code and in some areas considered improper. However, it is for this reason that she accepts Scout and does not try to change her into something that she is not like Aunt Alexandra. Eleanor Roosevelt was more similar to Miss Maudie in the ways that she drove her own car, lived apart from her husband, and spoke her mind about topics like welfare, minorities, and women’s rights. All of that was considered extremely inappropriate along with her earning her own