Jim Nesbitt

About the author: Jim Nesbitt is a former reporter with the Newhouse News Service—he currently writes and edits for an alternative newspaper in St. Louis.

Women in the white supremacist movement are moving out of the "Aryan breeder" role—in which their sole function was to bear Aryan children in order to populate the movement—and into the ranks of leadership. More college educated and professional women are turning to the white supremacist movement as it becomes decentralized and less traditional. In addition, the Internet has been instrumental in recruiting women for white supremacy organizations. Women are vocal in Internet chat rooms, as are the growing number of opponents to female inclusion.

Just who is a soldier in America's white supremacist movement might surprise you. An...