Context: Lee had lost her mother, who suffered from mental illness, six years before she met Hohoff at Lippincott’s offices. Her father, a lawyer on whom Atticus was modeled, would die two years after the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Question: What ailment did Harper Lee's mother suffer from?
Answer: mental illness

Question: What profession did Harper Lee's father hold?
Answer: lawyer

Question: Lee modeled the character Atticus after what laywer?
Answer: Her father