Daisy Douglas Barr (September 2, 1875 April 3, 1938) 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 temperance and National Prohibition. Professionally, she was a Quaker minister in two prominent churches, First Friends Church of New Castle, Indiana and Friends Memorial Church in Muncie, Indiana. She served as the vice-chair of the Republican Committee in Indiana as well as president of the Indiana War Mother's organization. She was killed in a car wreck and her funeral was held in a Friends meeting. Early Political Activism Daisy Douglas was born in Jonesboro, Indiana to John R. Brushwiller and Sarah Douglas Brushwiller. However, she lived much of her life in Muncie, Indiana and Indianapolis. At only 16 years old she became an evangelist and was dedicated to Republican views and therefore was the first woman to serve as vice-chair of the Indiana Republican party. She was a devout Quaker and married Thomas Barr in 1893. The couple had one son, Thomas Jr. in 1895. By 1896, Barr was ordained a minister and began preaching. She was noted as an excellent preacher, which served her well when she began to speak on social issues. Barr was able to draw in crowds of as much as 20,000 people with her oratory skills, especially crowds of the KKK. The first social issue that Barr promoted was prohibition. In 1911, she recruited many people to join the anti-liquor movement. Her speaking abilities were so profound that she was able to attract as many as 1600 people to a single meeting and began to travel around the states and speak at various forums against alcohol. In addition to being against alcohol, Barr also preached for women's right to vote. She saw women's dependence on men as one of the key problems with alcohol abuse. After years of hard work by Barr, the Young Women's Christian Association, and other prohibitionists, the city of Muncie went dry in 1914. Shortly after this victory in Muncie, Barr fell ill and then resigned from the ministry. By 1917, the family had relocated to Indianapolis, and in the 1920s Barr re-emerged as a political and religious leader. She became the