Women of the Ku Klux Klan

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The WKKK at a Klan parade Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., in 1928

Women of the Ku Klux Klan was a ladies’ auxiliary organization of the 1920s Ku Klux Klan.

History

Letter from Women of the Ku Klux Klan to President Calvin Coolidge.jpg

Klanswomen participated in rituals and ceremonies much like their male counterparts, including remembering their departed sisters at Klan funerals.[1] The group was strongest in Indiana and their home state of Arkansas, but also very active in Ohio and other states.

Officers

  • Lulu Markwell, first Imperial Commander (June 1923-June 1924)[2]
  • Robbie Gill Comer, second Imperial Commander
  • Alice B. Cloud, Vice Commander

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ Kathleen M. Blee: Women of the Klan – Racism and Gender in the 1920s, p. 4
  2. ↑ Lulu Alice Boyers Markwell (1865–1941)
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