Miss Minerva's Baby is a novel by Emma Speed Sampson, first published in 1920. The story is set in a small town in the American South, and follows the life of Miss Minerva, a spinster schoolteacher who unexpectedly becomes the guardian of a baby left on her doorstep. The baby, named Jerry, is the son of Miss Minerva's former student, who died in childbirth. Miss Minerva takes on the responsibility of raising Jerry, despite the disapproval of her conservative...