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The Question and Answer section for The Glass Menagerie is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Jim nicknamed Tom, Shakespeare.
Tom is embarrassed by his mother because she acts like a teenager in Jim's presence. She talks incessantly (about herself) and presents herself as if she were a young, southern belle in search of a husband.
In context, the family's social status/ financial status has declined. Amanda is described as once having been a Southern belle. She has been abandoned by her husband and is now supported by her son.
