Way back in 1913, women marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington on Inauguration weekend.
The women, approximately 6,000 of them, marched to bring attention to women’s voting rights. They marched on a day when the city was filled with visitors and dignitaries who had come to see the swearing-in of President Woodrow Wilson.
Now here we are, 104 years later, and women plan once again to march on Washington during inauguration weekend.
This time we will be joined by many men, by children, and by stars from across the nation. This time we march to say that we have no intention of being sent back to 1913 by the incoming Trump administration.
An estimated 200,000 people will be marching on January 21 in Washington itself. It is expected to be the largest protest march ever held on inauguration weekend.
But if you aren’t able to get to the Capitol for the big day, there will be sister marches held all across the country.
In fact, there will be marches held all around the globe.
According to the information on the Women’s March website, there are currently 616 sister marches planned with more than a million marchers registered to participate.
There is at least one march in every U.S. state, and more than one in many.
Sister marches will be held in Puerto Rico and the Bahamas, and in 58 countries all around the globe.
Why are women from Albania to the U.K. marching because of an American election?
The Women’s March on Nairobi, Kenya wrote this on its Facebook page:
“The recent elections in the United States have shown how real the threat is to our collective rights and liberties.”
The specific issues may have changed, women aren’t in danger of losing voting rights in the U.S., but the overall message is the same as it was 100 years ago.
Women’s rights are human rights.
The rise of the woman= the rise of the nation.
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