The second scholarly article to be analyzed was written by Kathleen Blee, a distinguished professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. The article Women of the Klan was published in 1991 and provides the social history and involvement of women in the Ku Klux Klan especially during the 1920s. The article concentrates on the relationship between the Ku Klux Klan and the role of women in the American society. Blee used primary archival documents and interview data from the WKKK, the KKK, participants, observers and critics of the KKK movement. The participation of women in the Klan movement began in the early 1920s, and during this time approximately 500,000 women joined the Ku Klux Klan movement. In most states half of KKK's members
