Women of the Klan : Racism and Gender in the 1920s / Kathleen M. Blee; ed. by Kathleen M. Blee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blee, Kathleen M., Author.

Contributor:

Blee, Kathleen M., Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.) : 7 b/w photographs, 7 line illustrations

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2008]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Ignorant. Brutal. Male. One of these stereotypes of the Ku Klux Klan offers a misleading picture. In Women of the Klan, sociologist Kathleen M. Blee dismantles the popular notion that politically involved women are always inspired by pacifism, equality, and justice. In her new preface, Blee reflects on how recent scholarship on gender and right-wing extremism suggests new ways to understand women's place in the 1920s Klan's crusade for white and Christian supremacy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface to the 2009 Edition

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART I. THE KLAN AND WOMANHOOD

1. Organizing 100% American Women

2. Womanhood and the Klan Fraternity

3. Battling the Seductive Allurements

PART II. WOMEN IN THE KLAN

4. Joining the Ladies' Organization

5. A Poison Squad of Whispering Women

6. 100% Cooperation: Political Culture in the Klan

Epilogue

Notes

A Postscript on Sources

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Jan 2024)

ISBN:

0-520-94292-2

OCLC:

1419788986