Women of the Klan

This page is meant to reflect the WKKK (Women’s Klan) in an objective and historical perspective. The views discussed in each section do not necessarily represent the views of the creator of this site. This is not a website to promote or distribute hate of any kind it is strictly a website from an historical perspective.

Women have always been very influential throughout history even during the good and bad parts of history. From the 1830s-1920s, even before they had won the right to vote, women were the well known force behind multiple movements and reforms seen in this country before the Civil War. Women were the driving force behind the well known Temperance Movement, which gained support later from the Ku Klux Klan. After women gained the right to vote, many used their voices in different ways. Some went on to support the Abolitionist Movement, while others went on to support a message of white supremacy. The Ku Klux Klan is an organization that was (supposable) created after the Civil War, as a group to protect women from newly freed slaves. Although it diminished after the beginning of 1900’s, the Klan’s message of “white supremacy” survived over many centuries, from its creation during Reconstruction to Present day. It reemerged briefly in the 1920s only to have its membership dwindled. However, even though the Klan members from the 1920s are long gone, the Klan organization and its message are still active and over the years have created similar “white supremacist” groups.

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In the 1920’s as women began to win their rights as American Citizens, many women felt it was their responsibility as white, protestant Americans to join the Klan and help spread its message. However, the Klan did not allow females to enter their organization in the 1920s, so women created their own “white supremacist” group called the Women’s Ku Klux Klan (WKKK) in 1923. It was seen as a parallel order to the KKK, but was its own organization that had its own leadership and membership roles. It did not rely on the Klan but did however, help recruit new members and spread the message through non-violent ways. It is important to understand the history of the United States, the good and the bad, as well as understanding the roles people play including the men and women as white supremacist in the 1920s. Although its history is vague and sparse, what is known about the WKKK is very interesting and informative.

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