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| ‘We’re Not Going Away’: Huge Crowds for Women’s Marches Against Trump | ‘We’re Not Going Away’: Huge Crowds for Women’s Marches Against Trump |
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| • Hundreds of thousands of women gathered in Washington in a kind of counterinauguration after President Trump took office on Friday. A range of speakers and performers cutting across generational lines rallied near the Capitol before marchers made their way toward the White House. | • Hundreds of thousands of women gathered in Washington in a kind of counterinauguration after President Trump took office on Friday. A range of speakers and performers cutting across generational lines rallied near the Capitol before marchers made their way toward the White House. |
| • They were joined by crowds in cities across the country: In Chicago, the size of a rally so quickly outgrew early estimates that the march that was to follow was canceled for safety. In Manhattan, Fifth Avenue became a river of pink hats, while in downtown Los Angeles, even before the gathering crowd stretched itself out to march, it was more than a quarter mile deep on several streets. | • They were joined by crowds in cities across the country: In Chicago, the size of a rally so quickly outgrew early estimates that the march that was to follow was canceled for safety. In Manhattan, Fifth Avenue became a river of pink hats, while in downtown Los Angeles, even before the gathering crowd stretched itself out to march, it was more than a quarter mile deep on several streets. |
| • Begun as a Facebook post just after the election, the march is the start of what organizers hope could be a sustained campaign of protest in a polarized America, unifying demonstrators around issues like reproductive rights, immigration and civil rights. The movement has also encountered divisions. | • Begun as a Facebook post just after the election, the march is the start of what organizers hope could be a sustained campaign of protest in a polarized America, unifying demonstrators around issues like reproductive rights, immigration and civil rights. The movement has also encountered divisions. |
| • The Times has journalists covering the marches in Washington; New York; Boston; Denver; Los Angeles; Phoenix; St. Paul, Minn.; and Key West, Fla. Follow them on Twitter and ask questions of them here. See a map of where marches were set to take place around the world. (All times listed below are local.) | • The Times has journalists covering the marches in Washington; New York; Boston; Denver; Los Angeles; Phoenix; St. Paul, Minn.; and Key West, Fla. Follow them on Twitter and ask questions of them here. See a map of where marches were set to take place around the world. (All times listed below are local.) |
| • The actress and activist America Ferrera appeared early on. | • The actress and activist America Ferrera appeared early on. |
| “It’s been a heartrending time to be both a woman and an immigrant in this country. Our dignity, our character, our rights have all been under attack and a platform of hate and division assumed power yesterday,” she said. | “It’s been a heartrending time to be both a woman and an immigrant in this country. Our dignity, our character, our rights have all been under attack and a platform of hate and division assumed power yesterday,” she said. |
| “But the president is not America. His cabinet is not America. Congress is not America. We are America! And we are here to stay.” | “But the president is not America. His cabinet is not America. Congress is not America. We are America! And we are here to stay.” |
| • Gloria Steinem, the feminist icon of the 1960s and 1970s, invoked her heroes from Barack and Michelle Obama to John F. Kennedy and Malcolm X, urged women to continue to be active, and told the women in the group to get to know one another more personally: | • Gloria Steinem, the feminist icon of the 1960s and 1970s, invoked her heroes from Barack and Michelle Obama to John F. Kennedy and Malcolm X, urged women to continue to be active, and told the women in the group to get to know one another more personally: |
| “Make sure you introduce yourselves to each other and decide what we’re going to do tomorrow, and tomorrow and tomorrow, and we’re never turning back!” she said. | “Make sure you introduce yourselves to each other and decide what we’re going to do tomorrow, and tomorrow and tomorrow, and we’re never turning back!” she said. |
| • The filmmaker Michael Moore urged everyone to call their elected officials every day to press issues they cared about and to join organizations like Planned Parenthood. He even made the crowd repeat and memorize the number he said they should call to reach Congress: 202-225-3121. (It’s the U.S. Capitol switchboard operator.) | • The filmmaker Michael Moore urged everyone to call their elected officials every day to press issues they cared about and to join organizations like Planned Parenthood. He even made the crowd repeat and memorize the number he said they should call to reach Congress: 202-225-3121. (It’s the U.S. Capitol switchboard operator.) |
| And he said they should take back America by running for office. | And he said they should take back America by running for office. |
| “You have to run for office. You! Yes you!!!,” he told the crowd.”I can see your face is ‘No, no Mike, not me, I’m shy.’” | |
| “This is not the time for shy people! Shy people, you have two hours to get over it.” | “This is not the time for shy people! Shy people, you have two hours to get over it.” |
| • The actress Ashley Judd delivered a raunchy, uninhibited speech that made the crowd go wild with enthusiasm. She ended with two references to issues that angered women during the campaign, Mr. Trump calling Hillary Clinton a “nasty woman,” and his bragging, in a 2005 recording, that he could use his celebrity status to force himself on women, even groping their private parts. | • The actress Ashley Judd delivered a raunchy, uninhibited speech that made the crowd go wild with enthusiasm. She ended with two references to issues that angered women during the campaign, Mr. Trump calling Hillary Clinton a “nasty woman,” and his bragging, in a 2005 recording, that he could use his celebrity status to force himself on women, even groping their private parts. |
| They “ain’t for grabbing,” Ms. Judd said. “They are for birthing new generations of filthy, vulgar, nasty, proud, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh, you name it, for new generations of nasty women.” | They “ain’t for grabbing,” Ms. Judd said. “They are for birthing new generations of filthy, vulgar, nasty, proud, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh, you name it, for new generations of nasty women.” |
| She added: “So if you a nasty woman or you love one who is let me hear you say, hell yeah!” | She added: “So if you a nasty woman or you love one who is let me hear you say, hell yeah!” |
| And the crowd repeated after her: “Hell yeah! Hell yeah! Hell yeah!” | And the crowd repeated after her: “Hell yeah! Hell yeah! Hell yeah!” |
| • The actress Scarlett Johansson started her story like this: “Have you been to the gynecologist yet? That was the question my mom asked me at 15, when I informed her about a change that I had noticed in my body.” | • The actress Scarlett Johansson started her story like this: “Have you been to the gynecologist yet? That was the question my mom asked me at 15, when I informed her about a change that I had noticed in my body.” |
| She recounted how she had visited a Planned Parenthood clinic in New York City after starting her acting career, and a doctor there treated her with compassion, “no judgement, no questions asked,” and told her she could come back in the future for any other needs. | |
| She did not say exactly what the problem or the “change” in her body was. But she said wanted to share this story because, “I feel that in the face of this current political climate, it is vital that we all make it our mission to get really really personal.” | She did not say exactly what the problem or the “change” in her body was. But she said wanted to share this story because, “I feel that in the face of this current political climate, it is vital that we all make it our mission to get really really personal.” |
| “President Trump, I did not vote for you,” Ms. Johansson said. “I want to be able to support you. But first I ask that you support me. Support my sister. Support my mother. Support my best friend and all of our girlfriends.” | “President Trump, I did not vote for you,” Ms. Johansson said. “I want to be able to support you. But first I ask that you support me. Support my sister. Support my mother. Support my best friend and all of our girlfriends.” |
| Otherwise, Ms. Johansson said, her own daughter, “may potentially not have the right to make choices for her body and her future that your daughter Ivanka has been privileged to have.” | Otherwise, Ms. Johansson said, her own daughter, “may potentially not have the right to make choices for her body and her future that your daughter Ivanka has been privileged to have.” |
| • The singer and actor Janelle Monae began her remarks by invoking the memory of her grandmother, a sharecropper, and her mother, a janitor. “I am a descendent of them, and I am here in their honor to help us move forward and ‘fem the future,’” she said. | • The singer and actor Janelle Monae began her remarks by invoking the memory of her grandmother, a sharecropper, and her mother, a janitor. “I am a descendent of them, and I am here in their honor to help us move forward and ‘fem the future,’” she said. |
| Referencing her recent movie, “Hidden Figures,” and hit song, “Yoga,” she continued: “Women will be hidden no more. We will not remain ‘hidden figures.’ We have names; we are complete human beings; and they cannot police us, so get off our areolas.” | Referencing her recent movie, “Hidden Figures,” and hit song, “Yoga,” she continued: “Women will be hidden no more. We will not remain ‘hidden figures.’ We have names; we are complete human beings; and they cannot police us, so get off our areolas.” |
| Finally, Ms. Monae refocused her remarks on the issue of police violence. She brought welcomed her frequent collaborator, the singer Jidenna, to the stage, as well as the “Mothers of the Movement.” She then led the crowd in a chant of “Sandra Bland! Say her name!” | Finally, Ms. Monae refocused her remarks on the issue of police violence. She brought welcomed her frequent collaborator, the singer Jidenna, to the stage, as well as the “Mothers of the Movement.” She then led the crowd in a chant of “Sandra Bland! Say her name!” |
| A drummer behind her began a martial beat, and Ms. Monae brought the microphone around to each of the mothers onstage. One by one, they joined in the chant, each inserting the name of her child who had died at the hands of the police. | A drummer behind her began a martial beat, and Ms. Monae brought the microphone around to each of the mothers onstage. One by one, they joined in the chant, each inserting the name of her child who had died at the hands of the police. |
| _____ | _____ |
| Many participants believed that Mr. Trump expressed misogynistic views during the presidential campaign, with remarks about Megyn Kelly, Carly Fiorina and Hillary Clinton. After a 2005 recording surfaced in which he said that he could use his celebrity status to make sexual advances toward women, several women came forward to accuse Mr. Trump of inappropriate sexual conduct. He dismissed the recording as “locker room banter” and assailed his accusers. | Many participants believed that Mr. Trump expressed misogynistic views during the presidential campaign, with remarks about Megyn Kelly, Carly Fiorina and Hillary Clinton. After a 2005 recording surfaced in which he said that he could use his celebrity status to make sexual advances toward women, several women came forward to accuse Mr. Trump of inappropriate sexual conduct. He dismissed the recording as “locker room banter” and assailed his accusers. |
| In a sly allusion to the crude remarks Mr. Trump made in the recording, many marchers, men and women alike, are wearing pink “pussy hats,” complete with cat ears. The hats are described in pussyhatproject.com as a way to “make a unique collective visual statement which will help activists be better heard.” | In a sly allusion to the crude remarks Mr. Trump made in the recording, many marchers, men and women alike, are wearing pink “pussy hats,” complete with cat ears. The hats are described in pussyhatproject.com as a way to “make a unique collective visual statement which will help activists be better heard.” |
| _____ | _____ |
| Just after 10 a.m., Mr. Trump and his family headed in the opposite direction of the march for the National Prayer Service, an inaugural tradition, at the National Cathedral. When he spoke at C.I.A. headquarters in Langley, Va., in the mid-afternoon, he told his audience that they were his “No. 1 stop” on his first full day in office, because they were “really special amazing people.” | |
| He also ruminated about how big the attendance had been at his inaugural speech, but he did not mention the large crowds of the women’s march, where demonstrators were challenging his administration on a number of policies, or even that the march was taking place as he was speaking. | |
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| Notable Chants: “We are the popular vote!” | Notable Chants: “We are the popular vote!” |
| Notable Shirt: A blue shirt with “Make Sexism Wrong Again” in the same style as “Make America Great Again” campaign shirts. | Notable Shirt: A blue shirt with “Make Sexism Wrong Again” in the same style as “Make America Great Again” campaign shirts. |
| Just off 15th street, a block north of the parade’s official end point, a large flatbed float with big “TRUMP” letters arched along the back parked itself in the middle of the street, drawing the ire of the thousands of marchers, who berated the float with chants of “Shame!” and “We are the popular vote!” | Just off 15th street, a block north of the parade’s official end point, a large flatbed float with big “TRUMP” letters arched along the back parked itself in the middle of the street, drawing the ire of the thousands of marchers, who berated the float with chants of “Shame!” and “We are the popular vote!” |
| Police officers formed a barricade around the float with more than a half-dozen side-car motorcylcles. The six or so men and one woman on the float all took pictures of the protesters. | Police officers formed a barricade around the float with more than a half-dozen side-car motorcylcles. The six or so men and one woman on the float all took pictures of the protesters. |
| Yet some of those who chanted to chase the float away weren’t surprised at its appearance at their march. | Yet some of those who chanted to chase the float away weren’t surprised at its appearance at their march. |
| “I mean the inauguration was yesterday,” said Chrissy Fiore, 39, of Washington, though she said it was “crazy that they made it down here and that now they’re getting police escorted out.” | |
| Officers wouldn’t let reporters approach those on the float or those driving it, but a magnet on the side said “Trump Unity Bridge.” | Officers wouldn’t let reporters approach those on the float or those driving it, but a magnet on the side said “Trump Unity Bridge.” |
| As the float headed east to move away from the parade, Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. of Milwaukee County, a Trump supporter, was seen walking along the sidewalk, taking in the scene but remaining silent. He did not respond to a reporter’s question about his opinion of the march or protest. | As the float headed east to move away from the parade, Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. of Milwaukee County, a Trump supporter, was seen walking along the sidewalk, taking in the scene but remaining silent. He did not respond to a reporter’s question about his opinion of the march or protest. |
| Nick Corasaniti | Nick Corasaniti |
| _____ | _____ |
| Ms. Warren, a Democratic senator from Massachussets, took the stage in Boston and conjured up the image of Mr. Trump being sworn in the day before. Some in the crowd held signs that said “Warren 2020.” | |
| “The sight is now burned into my eyes forever,” Ms. Warren said, adding, “We will use that vision to fight harder.” | “The sight is now burned into my eyes forever,” Ms. Warren said, adding, “We will use that vision to fight harder.” |
| In a speech that evoked the economic populism of her own Senate race in 2012, Ms. Warren said fundamental freedoms, like abortion rights and gay marriage, could be at stake under Mr. Trump’s Supreme Court. | In a speech that evoked the economic populism of her own Senate race in 2012, Ms. Warren said fundamental freedoms, like abortion rights and gay marriage, could be at stake under Mr. Trump’s Supreme Court. |
| “We can whimper, we can whine or we can fight back,” Ms. Warren said, as demonstrators in pink hats waved American flags. “Me, I’m here to fight back.” | “We can whimper, we can whine or we can fight back,” Ms. Warren said, as demonstrators in pink hats waved American flags. “Me, I’m here to fight back.” |
| “We believe in science,” Ms Warren said, adding, “we know that climate change is real.” A police officer patroling the rally pumped his fists in agreement. | “We believe in science,” Ms Warren said, adding, “we know that climate change is real.” A police officer patroling the rally pumped his fists in agreement. |
| “We also believe that immigration makes this country a stronger country,” Ms. Warren said. “We will not build a stupid wall and we will not tear millions of families apart.” | “We also believe that immigration makes this country a stronger country,” Ms. Warren said. “We will not build a stupid wall and we will not tear millions of families apart.” |
| “You know, I could do this all day,” she added, to laughs and cheers. “But we gotta march.” | “You know, I could do this all day,” she added, to laughs and cheers. “But we gotta march.” |
| Jess Bidgood | Jess Bidgood |
| _____ | _____ |
| Mrs. Clinton was not expected to attend the march in Washington, The Times reported on Friday, but her Twitter account sent a note anyway. | Mrs. Clinton was not expected to attend the march in Washington, The Times reported on Friday, but her Twitter account sent a note anyway. |
| _____ | _____ |
| Popular chant: “March! March! March!” | Popular chant: “March! March! March!” |
| Notable signs: “I won’t stop til it rains glass;” “You can’t comb over misogyny” (accompanied by a drawing of Donald Trump’s hair); “Flunk the electoral college.” | Notable signs: “I won’t stop til it rains glass;” “You can’t comb over misogyny” (accompanied by a drawing of Donald Trump’s hair); “Flunk the electoral college.” |
| Overheard: “I got to bring my high school punk rock out,” said Emily Hastings, 39, a woman from Denver wearing a black “eat the rich” T-shirt and carrying a “Don’t tread on women” sign. “Punk rock is all about resistance.” | Overheard: “I got to bring my high school punk rock out,” said Emily Hastings, 39, a woman from Denver wearing a black “eat the rich” T-shirt and carrying a “Don’t tread on women” sign. “Punk rock is all about resistance.” |
| The march began in a park at the center of the city with a group singing “You’ve got a friend.” Marchers blanketed the park nestled between the gold-domed state capitol and city hall, hauling strollers, wearing pink hats and often hugging and kissing. | The march began in a park at the center of the city with a group singing “You’ve got a friend.” Marchers blanketed the park nestled between the gold-domed state capitol and city hall, hauling strollers, wearing pink hats and often hugging and kissing. |
| Julie Turkewitz | Julie Turkewitz |
| _____ | _____ |
| Notable Sign: “Make America Compassionate Again,” and “I Love You” | Notable Sign: “Make America Compassionate Again,” and “I Love You” |
| Thousands of demonstrators gathered on a drizzly morning clad in rain boots, ponchos and pink knit “pussyhats” to march to the Capitol. | Thousands of demonstrators gathered on a drizzly morning clad in rain boots, ponchos and pink knit “pussyhats” to march to the Capitol. |
| “What Trump has said is so based on exclusion and winning and being right versus taking care of everyone,” said Hilary James, 27, a musician from Minneapolis. “Even if he doesn’t listen to us, I feel it’s important to not sit back.” | “What Trump has said is so based on exclusion and winning and being right versus taking care of everyone,” said Hilary James, 27, a musician from Minneapolis. “Even if he doesn’t listen to us, I feel it’s important to not sit back.” |
| Christina Capecchi | Christina Capecchi |
| _____ | _____ |
| Notable sign: Make America Think Again | Notable sign: Make America Think Again |
| Overheard: “It’s like, the beloved community,” said Susan Kaplan, 70, who had ridden one of several busses that departed from Newburyport, Mass., to the Boston Common, adding, “It’s a welcome change from yesterday.” | Overheard: “It’s like, the beloved community,” said Susan Kaplan, 70, who had ridden one of several busses that departed from Newburyport, Mass., to the Boston Common, adding, “It’s a welcome change from yesterday.” |
| The Boston Common, a gently rolling park ridged by brownstones in the shadow of the state capitol, morphed into a sea of pink hats and protest signs on Saturday morning. Seventy-five buses dropped off protesters, including women in leopard-print pink hats, and young girls with their arms linked, apparently doing the can-can. Organizers said they expected as many as 100,000 demonstrators, and, by mid-morning, there were thousands. Music boomed around the park, and many here seemed to nod to this city’s history of Revolutionary protest. | The Boston Common, a gently rolling park ridged by brownstones in the shadow of the state capitol, morphed into a sea of pink hats and protest signs on Saturday morning. Seventy-five buses dropped off protesters, including women in leopard-print pink hats, and young girls with their arms linked, apparently doing the can-can. Organizers said they expected as many as 100,000 demonstrators, and, by mid-morning, there were thousands. Music boomed around the park, and many here seemed to nod to this city’s history of Revolutionary protest. |
| “Revolution begins in Boston,” one sign said. | “Revolution begins in Boston,” one sign said. |
| Gloria Cole, 66, had turned the protest into a family affair, traveling here with her wife, her daughter, her daughter’s boyfriend, and her brother and sister in law. | Gloria Cole, 66, had turned the protest into a family affair, traveling here with her wife, her daughter, her daughter’s boyfriend, and her brother and sister in law. |
| “I drew a line, it’s like, I’m an old woman — I’m not that old, I’m 66 — I have to stand up for equal rights for everyone, for human rights,” Ms. Cole said. “We’re here, and we’re not going away.” | “I drew a line, it’s like, I’m an old woman — I’m not that old, I’m 66 — I have to stand up for equal rights for everyone, for human rights,” Ms. Cole said. “We’re here, and we’re not going away.” |
| Further down the common, Aili Shaw, 14, held a white sign that read, “Our arms are tired from holding these signs since the 1920’s.” | Further down the common, Aili Shaw, 14, held a white sign that read, “Our arms are tired from holding these signs since the 1920’s.” |
| Ms. Shaw had traveled here, by train and car, with friends from her home in Coventry, R.I. | Ms. Shaw had traveled here, by train and car, with friends from her home in Coventry, R.I. |
| “Women don’t have the rights they should,” Ms. Shaw said. | “Women don’t have the rights they should,” Ms. Shaw said. |
| Jess Bidgood | Jess Bidgood |
| _____ | _____ |
| Popular Chant: “Thank You.” Women here are chanting this to the organizers of the march, who took to the main stage to kick off the day’s events. | Popular Chant: “Thank You.” Women here are chanting this to the organizers of the march, who took to the main stage to kick off the day’s events. |
| Notable Clothing: At the corner of C and Third Southwest, many women (and some men) are cat-eared “pussyhats” of all shades of pink. Organizers wanted to knit as many as one million hats for this event. | Notable Clothing: At the corner of C and Third Southwest, many women (and some men) are cat-eared “pussyhats” of all shades of pink. Organizers wanted to knit as many as one million hats for this event. |
| People are also getting creative with the signs they carry. Alan and Alison Lewis drove in from Astoria with their 20-month-old, Grace. | People are also getting creative with the signs they carry. Alan and Alison Lewis drove in from Astoria with their 20-month-old, Grace. |
| “You shouldn’t have to have a relationship to a woman to stand up for women,” Mr. Lewis said. “Equality and justice is enough of a reason to be here.” | “You shouldn’t have to have a relationship to a woman to stand up for women,” Mr. Lewis said. “Equality and justice is enough of a reason to be here.” |
| Katie Rogers | Katie Rogers |
| _____ | _____ |
| Notable Sign: “Hey Little Man, We’re America.” | Notable Sign: “Hey Little Man, We’re America.” |
| Overheard: A young man was on a bus with a group of high schoolers leaving for Washington. “At least I can be confident knowing that my first presidential vote will be to vote Donald Trump out of office,” he said. | Overheard: A young man was on a bus with a group of high schoolers leaving for Washington. “At least I can be confident knowing that my first presidential vote will be to vote Donald Trump out of office,” he said. |
| It was still dark outside early Saturday as women started to gather on a Brooklyn corner to board buses to the march in Washington. They arrived at 4:30 a.m., holding coffee cups and posters and bundled in layers — part of a wave of thousands of New Yorkers traveling there. | It was still dark outside early Saturday as women started to gather on a Brooklyn corner to board buses to the march in Washington. They arrived at 4:30 a.m., holding coffee cups and posters and bundled in layers — part of a wave of thousands of New Yorkers traveling there. |
| A line of women stretched in front of a row of brownstones on 9th Street in the liberal enclave of Park Slope. There was excitement over being part of history and anguish over the election of Mr. Trump. | A line of women stretched in front of a row of brownstones on 9th Street in the liberal enclave of Park Slope. There was excitement over being part of history and anguish over the election of Mr. Trump. |
| “I thought it would be a good mother-daughter feminist type thing,” said Penelope Duus, 22, a student at Vassar College who wore a pink hat with “Not my president” written in black marker. | “I thought it would be a good mother-daughter feminist type thing,” said Penelope Duus, 22, a student at Vassar College who wore a pink hat with “Not my president” written in black marker. |
| Her mother, Margaret Heilbrun, 59, wore a President Obama pin on her vest. “Rather than sit around in despair we need to start trying to do something,” she said. “Just the act of getting up and joining this is a start.” | Her mother, Margaret Heilbrun, 59, wore a President Obama pin on her vest. “Rather than sit around in despair we need to start trying to do something,” she said. “Just the act of getting up and joining this is a start.” |
| Barbara Telfair, 71, persuaded her 19-year-old granddaughter Shyanne Cady to accompany her. Ms. Telfair said she marched in civil rights protests in the 1960s. This was Shyanne’s first protest. | Barbara Telfair, 71, persuaded her 19-year-old granddaughter Shyanne Cady to accompany her. Ms. Telfair said she marched in civil rights protests in the 1960s. This was Shyanne’s first protest. |
| “We’re terrified, and his treatment of women is horrible,” Ms. Telfair said. “He doesn’t value women. His agenda is going to show that.” | “We’re terrified, and his treatment of women is horrible,” Ms. Telfair said. “He doesn’t value women. His agenda is going to show that.” |
| Three buses were filled with marchers, but it soon became clear that not everyone would make it to Washington. Sighs erupted as organizers announced that some of the scheduled buses were not coming after all. | Three buses were filled with marchers, but it soon became clear that not everyone would make it to Washington. Sighs erupted as organizers announced that some of the scheduled buses were not coming after all. |
| Emma G. Fitzsimmons | Emma G. Fitzsimmons |
| _____ | _____ |
| _____ | _____ |
| The “guiding vision” for the march is almost as extensive, and as jargon-laden, as any platform thought up by the Democratic or Republican parties. In addition to reproductive rights, the topics covered include racial justice, L.G.B.T.Q. rights, the environment, wage equity, gender equity and immigrant rights. | The “guiding vision” for the march is almost as extensive, and as jargon-laden, as any platform thought up by the Democratic or Republican parties. In addition to reproductive rights, the topics covered include racial justice, L.G.B.T.Q. rights, the environment, wage equity, gender equity and immigrant rights. |
| The march, which evolved from a call to protest posted on Facebook after the election, has brought out some of the fissures in the women’s movement, between generations and among women of different racial, ethnic and economic backgrounds, and the organizers say they have tried to bridge those. | The march, which evolved from a call to protest posted on Facebook after the election, has brought out some of the fissures in the women’s movement, between generations and among women of different racial, ethnic and economic backgrounds, and the organizers say they have tried to bridge those. |
| In its early stages, the march was criticized for being spearheaded by white women. They were seen as harking back to feminism’s roots in the self-actualization of white middle-class women, who were bored with domestic life and asserted their desire to work outside the home and compete with men. | In its early stages, the march was criticized for being spearheaded by white women. They were seen as harking back to feminism’s roots in the self-actualization of white middle-class women, who were bored with domestic life and asserted their desire to work outside the home and compete with men. |
| But younger women took a more expansive view of feminism. | But younger women took a more expansive view of feminism. |
| (Check out more voices from readers headed to the march.) | (Check out more voices from readers headed to the march.) |
| _____ | _____ |
| Who She Is Virginia Wilcox, 73, of Newtown, Pa. | Who She Is Virginia Wilcox, 73, of Newtown, Pa. |
| Backstory Raised two daughters as a single mother without a high school diploma. After decades of working, retired after starting her own events planning company. | Backstory Raised two daughters as a single mother without a high school diploma. After decades of working, retired after starting her own events planning company. |
| “I remember during the Nixon administration my mother going to demonstrations in Washington from the Philadelphia area. I remember her having arguments with my father who was on the other side of the fence about politics. … My father was a Republican, and his comments would be that Roosevelt ruined the world. … They would shout from room to room saying, ‘You’re wrong.’ It wasn’t just a kitchen table discussion.” | “I remember during the Nixon administration my mother going to demonstrations in Washington from the Philadelphia area. I remember her having arguments with my father who was on the other side of the fence about politics. … My father was a Republican, and his comments would be that Roosevelt ruined the world. … They would shout from room to room saying, ‘You’re wrong.’ It wasn’t just a kitchen table discussion.” |
| “I’m going to have a great-grandchild in July, and I’m really, really concerned about the place in which he or she is going to live and how he or she is going to make his or her way in the world. We need justice. We need a planet.” | “I’m going to have a great-grandchild in July, and I’m really, really concerned about the place in which he or she is going to live and how he or she is going to make his or her way in the world. We need justice. We need a planet.” |
| _____ | _____ |
| Who She Is Katharine Clark, 56, of Stow, Mass., is Ms. Wilcox’s daughter. | Who She Is Katharine Clark, 56, of Stow, Mass., is Ms. Wilcox’s daughter. |
| Backstory Works as an administrator at a church. | Backstory Works as an administrator at a church. |
| “My mom found herself in a situation, with me, and she totally took responsibility for it and she totally worked hard given that she had to make it the best that she could make it. And I think that’s something that we all have to do. We have to look at where we are, where we stand, what we have at hand, what’s happening around us and make it better.” | “My mom found herself in a situation, with me, and she totally took responsibility for it and she totally worked hard given that she had to make it the best that she could make it. And I think that’s something that we all have to do. We have to look at where we are, where we stand, what we have at hand, what’s happening around us and make it better.” |
| “I don’t want a country run as a business. I want the country run as a family, meaning we take care of each other. We learn. We listen. Sometimes we take the knocks sometimes somebody else in the family takes the knocks.” | “I don’t want a country run as a business. I want the country run as a family, meaning we take care of each other. We learn. We listen. Sometimes we take the knocks sometimes somebody else in the family takes the knocks.” |
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| Who She Is Brianna Clark, 34, of Maynard, Mass., is Ms. Wilcox’s granddaughter. | Who She Is Brianna Clark, 34, of Maynard, Mass., is Ms. Wilcox’s granddaughter. |
| Backstory Works as a manager at a grocery store. | Backstory Works as a manager at a grocery store. |
| “I have people that I have started with at the same exact time who are maybe not white, maybe not college educated, maybe don’t speak English as their first language, and I think a lot about how I walk into a space and walk into a room and I naturally speak like I expect people to listen to me. And I recognize that that is not everyone’s experiences and how I have been rewarded by that confidence. I’ve been allowed and encouraged to have that. I recognize how a lot of things are not fair.” | “I have people that I have started with at the same exact time who are maybe not white, maybe not college educated, maybe don’t speak English as their first language, and I think a lot about how I walk into a space and walk into a room and I naturally speak like I expect people to listen to me. And I recognize that that is not everyone’s experiences and how I have been rewarded by that confidence. I’ve been allowed and encouraged to have that. I recognize how a lot of things are not fair.” |
| (Check out more voices from readers headed to the march.) | (Check out more voices from readers headed to the march.) |
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| (We’ll spotlight others throughout the day.) | (We’ll spotlight others throughout the day.) |
| Activists who support abortion rights believe legal access to the procedure is under greater threat today than it has been in decades, while abortion opponents sense an opportunity to finally strike down Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that established those rights. | Activists who support abortion rights believe legal access to the procedure is under greater threat today than it has been in decades, while abortion opponents sense an opportunity to finally strike down Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that established those rights. |
| Mr. Trump has said that he hopes to fill the Supreme Court vacancy with a justice who would help reverse the decision, and in that way return the issue to the states. And with two liberal justices already well over the age of 75, he may have further opportunity to shape the court during his presidency. | Mr. Trump has said that he hopes to fill the Supreme Court vacancy with a justice who would help reverse the decision, and in that way return the issue to the states. And with two liberal justices already well over the age of 75, he may have further opportunity to shape the court during his presidency. |
| That opposition to abortion rights is shared by many of his top associates, too, including his vice president, Mike Pence. Last summer, Mr. Pence, a longtime abortion opponent, said he hopes to see Roe v. Wade “consigned to the ash heap of history.” And, next week, Kellyanne Conway, the strategist who led Mr. Trump to victory and an outspoken abortion opponent herself, plans to address a major anti-abortion march in Washington, which would make her the first sitting White House official to do so in person. | That opposition to abortion rights is shared by many of his top associates, too, including his vice president, Mike Pence. Last summer, Mr. Pence, a longtime abortion opponent, said he hopes to see Roe v. Wade “consigned to the ash heap of history.” And, next week, Kellyanne Conway, the strategist who led Mr. Trump to victory and an outspoken abortion opponent herself, plans to address a major anti-abortion march in Washington, which would make her the first sitting White House official to do so in person. |
| As a result, anti-abortion activists are energized and hopeful for passage of policies including a permanent prohibition on taxpayer-funded abortions and a national ban on the procedure after 20 weeks of pregnancy, which Mr. Trump reportedly supports. | As a result, anti-abortion activists are energized and hopeful for passage of policies including a permanent prohibition on taxpayer-funded abortions and a national ban on the procedure after 20 weeks of pregnancy, which Mr. Trump reportedly supports. |
| Mr. Trump’s victory has left supporters of abortion rights deeply concerned, contributing to a surge in donations and interest in groups supporting abortion rights, like the Planned Parenthood and Naral Pro-Choice America, both of which are involved in the march. | Mr. Trump’s victory has left supporters of abortion rights deeply concerned, contributing to a surge in donations and interest in groups supporting abortion rights, like the Planned Parenthood and Naral Pro-Choice America, both of which are involved in the march. |