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Daisy Douglas Barr (September 2, 1875 – April 3, 1938) [1] was Imperial Empress (leader) of the Indiana Women's Ku Klux Klan (WKKK) in the early 1920s and an active member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). People were associated with both the KKK and the WCTU because the Ku Klux Klan was a very strong supporter and defender of ...
Sep 28, 2015 · Daisy Douglass Barr was a prominent evangelist and temperance activist in Indiana in the early 20th century. She also became the Imperial Empress of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan, a controversial role that led to her downfall and scandal.
Daisy Douglass Barr was a Quaker pastor who became the Imperial Empress of the Queens of the Golden Mask, the women's auxiliary of the Indiana Klan in the 1920s. She preached against immigration, Catholicism, and Jews, and urged women to join the Klan for racial purity and patriotism.
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Daisy Douglas Barr was a Hoosier Quaker who became a prominent figure in the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. She read a poem praising the Klan at the first annual meeting of the Grand Dragons in 1923 and served as the Imperial Empress of the Queens of the Golden Mask.
Daisy Douglas Barr was a Quaker preacher and a leader of the women's Ku Klux Klan in Indiana. She read this poem at a national meeting of the Klan in 1923, praising its role as a defender of justice and democracy.
Oct 14, 2020 · Daisy Douglas Barr, who led the WKKK in Indiana and seven other states, was an ordained Quaker preacher. Barr was also the first female vice-chair of the Republican state committee, and an active participant in temperance and women’s organizations.
A gifted Indiana Quaker minister, Daisy Douglas Barr, began to preach at evangelical revivals; this attracted many to join her current meeting in Muncie, especially women. She became a passionate advocate for temperance and set up a home for prostitutes.
