Women of the Klan: Racism and Gender in the 1920s

Shocking. I didn't know there was a separate Klan of women. Gives names, places, and dates, which is unnerving since one town is a place I've lived. Even though I lived there I never heard this part of history, though in hindsight it helps explain some things. Adds a new dimension to the history of race relations, though the book focuses on white people rather than on black people. It's a book about white people, by a white person, and probably with a white reader in mind. Well-researched. Citations are helpful. Interviews and surveys are enlightening. The author conducts a fascinating investigation. She spends a lot of time examining her own motives and biases, which is less interesting, but may be instructive if this book is used in a course for students learning to do research. Would be a good read for a history, anthropology, sociology, or women's studies class or for a course on racism, maybe good for an English class. Could be paired with Our Town: A Heartland Lynching, a Haunted Town, and the Hidden History of White America which is about events in the same general vicinity and has a similar spirit.

Little known or understood history of how the KKK unified and taught women how to be politically motivated in America. Today's "intellectuals" would do well to understand history rather than just scream diatribes at those they disagree. An understanding of divergent influences is essential to understanding today's issues.

Damn good book. Must read 10/10 recommend.

This is a very disturbing and well researched book. Those who think that gender-feminism is progressive need to read this book.

Really surprising how similar many of the techniques of the past are still with us. And how easy it is for good people to be seduced by these ideas.

She is the best known historian for the WKKK. I did a 20 page paper for my history about the group, and this book was ESSENTIAL. Fascinating read as well.

Great book.

An interesting read.

This is a very i formative look at why women were atracted to the message og the KKK in the 1920's It goes some way in showing the contradions between the ideals of the protection of tradtional white womanhood and the support of sufferage movements. Athough published almost 30 years ago it still offers a rare into why women join groups like this.~I strongly suggest you do not buy this edition on Kindle.This edtion is ful of errors . Typos, strange punctuation choices, every few pages there are words oit of aignment.More importantly the footnote links don't work which is a significant issue in a book of this type.A lot of Kindle options have been removed as well. You are unable to change front style or boldnes of text. Xray doesn't work to see photographs. There is no way to find a certain chapter in the book as the drop doen menu is useless.These irrations make this book hard to rrad and study. I would usually mark down my rating but I assume these shortfalls are due to decisions outside the author's control.

What a good history. There is this fatuous notion that somehow women and men are different in essence and that a society run by women would automatically be kinder, gentler, less racist and so on. This history of the very larger KKK Women's organization should stop that claptrap. I found the most interesting fact that activists in the KKK were feminists - had been active in getting women the vote, around the prohibition movement, and in many other 'progressive' causes but, like Canada's own Emily Murphy and other maternal feminists, were strong racists as well.