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Kathryn Madlyn Ainsworth | |
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| Born | Kathryn Madlyn Capomacchia July 31, 1941 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | June 30, 1968 (aged 26) Meridian, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wound |
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| Occupation | Elementary school teacher |
| Spouse | Ralph Ainsworth |
Kathryn Madlyn Ainsworth (born Kathryn Madlyn Capomacchia) was an American Ku Klux Klan terrorist. She was killed by law enforcement in 1968 during her failed assassination attempt on a prominent Jewish Mississippian.[2]
- ^ Sims, Patsy (December 12, 1996). The Klan. University Press of Kentucky. p. 235 – via Internet Archive.
Kathy Capomacchia.
- ^ Billups, William Robert (2023). "Martyred Women and White Power since the Civil Rights Era: From Kathy Ainsworth to Vicki Weaver". Journal of American History. 109 (4): 804–827. doi:10.1093/jahist/jaad002.