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Madge Augustine Oberholtzer (November 10, 1896 – April 14, 1925) was an American woman whose rape and murder played a critical role in the demise of the second incarnation of the Ku Klux Klan. In March 1925, while working for the state of Indiana on an adult literacy campaign, Oberholtzer was abducted by D. C. Stephenson , Grand ...
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Murder of Madge Oberholtzer. Publicly a Prohibitionist and a...
- D. C. Stephenson - Wikipedia
Öffentlich trat Stephenson als biederer Vertreter der Prohibition auf und pries die protestantische Weiblichkeit. 1925 wurde er festgenommen und angeklagt, die staatliche Angestellte Madge Oberholtzer vergewaltigt und ermordet zu haben. Der Prozess brachte auch ans Licht, dass er und seine Freunde Trunkenbolde und Frauenhelden waren.
Madge Oberholtzer was a woman who tried to kill herself after escaping from the hotel room of D.C. Stephenson, the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana. Learn how Stephenson rose to power, exploited nativist fears and faced a scandal that exposed his dark secrets.
Murder of Madge Oberholtzer. Publicly a Prohibitionist and a defender of "Protestant womanhood," Stephenson was tried in 1925 for the rape and murder of Madge Oberholtzer, a young state employee who ran a state program to combat adult illiteracy.
14. Nov. 2018 · Madge Oberholtzer was a 20-year-old woman who was raped and brutally bitten by David Curtis Stephenson, the grand dragon of the KKK in Indiana, in 1925. She survived and testified against him, but he was acquitted by a jury of his peers.
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Learn about Madge Oberholtzer, the young woman who exposed the Ku Klux Klan leader D.C. Stephenson after a crime in Indiana. The exhibit is based on a new book by Charlotte Halsema Ottinger and is open from August 1 to November 15.
26. März 2021 · Learn about the life and legacy of Madge Oberholtzer, who exposed the Ku Klux Klan leader D.C. Stephenson after he raped and killed her in 1925. Listen to an interview with Charlotte Ottinger, who is writing a biography of Madge based on new research and family documents.
