A WOMAN'S WORK.

KU Klux Klan (1915- ); AMERICAN women in politics; KU Klux Klan (19th century); WHITE women

The author discusses women's participation in the racist organization Ku Klux Klan (KKK). She mentions the goal of the first incarnation of the KKK from about 1860 to about 1880 to protect white women, the outreach efforts by women to increase KKK membership when it was reorganized in 1915, and their inclusion as official members after World War II.