Chapter 4: How Women Organized in Alabama during the 1920s

The 1920s was the beginning of a new era for women in the United States, who now had more rights than ever before after the passing of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. The landscape of womanhood in Alabama at the time was changing in many ways, but remained stagnant in others. This talk by Natalie Roberts looks at how women organized in 1920s Alabama through three important stories: women in the church, in the political sphere, and in the Ku Klux Klan. It pays special attention to how race played a role in the communities of women at the time.