Summary of Emma Copley Eisenberg's The Third Rainbow Girl

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#1 The murders of Vicki and Nancy were called the Rainbow Murders. They were killed in Pocahontas County, a sparsely populated area that consists largely of protected national forest and sits along West Virginia’s eastern border with Virginia. No one was prosecuted for the murders for 13 years.

#2 The idea of Appalachia is well understood, but the actual place is less so. It is a borderland, not truly part of the South or the North, and West Virginia is the only state entirely within its bounds. Because of its enormous natural resources and their subsequent extraction, which has largely benefited corporations based elsewhere, the relationship between the people of West Virginia and the broader United States is often compared to that between a colonized people and their colonizers.

#3 The most recent FBI data shows that 74 percent of women who are murdered are murdered by men. In 84 percent of cases, the act of murder was not related to the commission of any other felony.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 13, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822546592

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Insights on Emma Copley Eisenberg's The Third Rainbow Girl

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The murders of Vicki and Nancy were called the Rainbow Murders. They were killed in Pocahontas County, a sparsely populated area that consists largely of protected national forest and sits along West Virginia’s eastern border with Virginia. No one was prosecuted for the murders for 13 years.

#2

The idea of Appalachia is well understood, but the actual place is less so. It is a borderland, not truly part of the South or the North, and West Virginia is the only state entirely within its bounds. Because of its enormous natural resources and their subsequent extraction, which has largely benefited corporations based elsewhere, the relationship between the people of West Virginia and the broader United States is often compared to that between a colonized people and their colonizers.

#3

The most recent FBI data shows that 74 percent of women who are murdered are murdered by men. In 84 percent of cases, the act of murder was not related to the commission of any other felony.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The road that starts the journey is West Virginia Route 219. It is a two-lane blacktop that serves as main street and back street, freeway and byway, sidewalk and catwalk. It is difficult to navigate, but it requires skill to know when to brake and when to accelerate.

#2

The road that Tim chose as the boundary between West Virginia and Virginia was not arbitrary, nor was it empathy for the rights of Native Americans. It was simply capitalist pragmatism. The area was rife with rainforests, and its main exports were timber and people.

#3

Some people in Pocahontas County do not have access to basic necessities like doctors and therapists. Others do not trust the police, and many do not vote because they believe their vote does not matter.

#4

The birth of West Virginia and the surrounding area as a state was a difficult and exciting one, full of pluck and verve. It was difficult for people to compete with the big plantation operations that produced crops at bargain prices.

#5

The people of what is now West Virginia had to choose for themselves whether they wanted to stay with Virginia and join the Confederacy, or separate and become their own state.