A Hidden Chapter: Women of the Klan
The role of women in the Ku Klux Klan is often neglected, but they were key players at all levels.
The Ku Klux Klan has entered popular memory as a sometimes menacing, sometimes almost comical, group of angry men, clad in white robes with hooded faces, setting crosses alight, or thundering through Reconstruction-era American towns on horseback. This image, however, fails to convey just how deeply women contributed to the work of the KKK.