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When Hermione's History of Magic class learned about the four founders, she was particularly taken by Helga Hufflepuff, a witch from Wales with a kind and loyal soul.
Hermione found that the two of them seemed to share ideals when it came to the slavery of house-elves.
Helga was, after all, the one to set up a safe environment for house-elves at Hogwarts, keeping them from mistreatment and abuse.
Though Hermione could never see herself as a Hufflepuff, she admired Helga's desire for equality for all Hogwarts students, and she wished the other founders had been open-minded enough to desire the same.