Betty Jo Brenner | History Colorado

Betty Jo Brenner

After twenty-three years with Colorado Humanities as a history programs coordinator, Betty Jo Brenner is now an independent public historian, currently working on a book about the Women of the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado. Betty Jo holds a master's degree in American history from the University of Colorado Denver.

Betty Jo Brenner

Written by Betty Jo Brenner

The Colorado Women of the Ku Klux Klan

Apr 14, 2021

Editor's note: In this article, originally published in Denver Inside and Out (History Colorado, 2011), Betty Jo Brenner illuminates the history of women's roles in sustaining white supremacy in the early twentieth century.