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Women & the Ku Klux Klan in 1937...



Item # 720127

August 02, 1937

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Aug. 2, 1937

* KKK - Ku Klux Klan - Night Riders
* Hiram W. Evans and Southern Women


The bottom of the back page has two photos with heading: "Women in the South Join the Night Riders of the Ku Klux Klan" with text.
And the top of page 5 has a one column heading: "Nation-Wide Protest Against Alien Labor Agitation, Klan Plan" (see images)
Complete with all 32 pages, rag edition in great condition. A few small binding holes along the spine. 

background: In Georgia during 1937, women were still active in the Ku Klux Klan under the leadership of Imperial Wizard Hiram W. Evans, who had guided the order since 1922, and although the movement’s influence had shrunk from its 1920s peak, the Women of the Ku Klux Klan (WKKK) remained visible. These women’s auxiliaries, organized into local chapters, supported the male Klan by recruiting new members, raising funds, and staging parades, socials, and charitable events that masked their underlying promotion of white supremacy, nativism, and Protestant fundamentalism. Evans encouraged women’s participation because it extended the Klan’s reach into homes and communities, presenting the WKKK as guardians of morality and family values while reinforcing the Klan’s agenda in Georgia society. By 1937 their numbers were far smaller than before, but their presence in Atlanta and other Georgia cities showed that women members, while less publicly militant than their male counterparts, were still an integral part of sustaining the Klan’s social and cultural influence in the state.

Category: The 20th Century