Uncovering Appalachia’s Hidden Heroines: Pauletta Hansel Reveals Untold Stories in Understory
I note that this poem came later in my writing, because in the early years I had not yet accumulated the research to be able write about what the Atlantic passage would have been like for Margaret, nor what her life along the riverbanks of the Virginia Colony would have entailed. But more than this, it was only after winding my way through the lives of all the grandmothers that I developed a longing to believe that they had each other — other women, be they kith or kin, to provide comfort and support. Many did, but others, Margaret and Sarah Margaret in particular, likely did not, and that poem reflects my ache for them in the absence of the kindness of other women.
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