Who is Mary Hunter as noted in the biography, Factory Man?

J.D. treated his black housekeeper, Mary Hunter, like family and saw to it that the county built an elementary school in her name. She was the victim of sexual abuse which was a common occurrence between Bassett men and their black housekeepers and maids. To Mary it was a trade off; she was able to send her daughter to college with the generous salary she made working for the Bassetts.