The Women of the Ku Klux Klan (WKKK) was a women's auxiliary group that supported the Ku Klux Klan during the group's early years, when women were prohibited from joining the KKK themselves. The WKKK was especially active in the 1920s.
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Image from the collection: Broadside. "Women of the Ku Klux Klan Kreed (Original Creed Revised)"
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By-laws of ...Klan No....Realm of...Women of the Ku Klux Klan tattered, incomplete)
Women of the Ku Klux Klan
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Ellen R. Poinsett, Imperial Kligrapp, to All Excellent Commanders and Kligrapps
Women of the Ku Klux Klan
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Handwritten Klan notes written on back of an envelope addressed to Mr. J.W. Wheeler of Coahoma, MS
Women of the Ku Klux Klan
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Printed receipt for remittance, order, or report from the Women of the Ku Klux Klan
Women of the Ku Klux Klan
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Letter fragment containing only the date and the letterhead of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan
Women of the Ku Klux Klan