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The Women's March [11] [12] [13] [a] was a worldwide protest on January 21, 2017, the day after the first inauguration of Donald Trump as the president of the United States. It was prompted by Trump's policy positions and rhetoric, which were and are seen as misogynistic and representative as a threat to the rights of women.
The 2017 Women's March at that time was the largest single-day protest in U.S. history, which was surpassed three years later by the George Floyd protests. In the United States, the Women's March on Washington event drew in around 470,000 people, while over an estimated 3,267,134 and 5,246,670 people attended in over 408 rallies.
A demonstrator holds a sign while gathering on the National Mall during the Women's March in Washington D.C., U.S., on Jan. 21, 2017. Credit - Eric Thayer–Bloomberg—Getty Images
The Women's History Research Center collected nearly one million documents on microfilm, and provided resources and records of the Women's liberation movement that are now available through the National Women's History Alliance, which carried on their ideas, including successfully petitioning Congress to declare March as Women's History Month. [7]
The Women's March on Washington was planned as a counter-argument to Trump's populist presidential campaign.
The 2019 Women's March was a protest that occurred on January 19, 2019, in the United States. It followed the 2017 Women's March and 2018 Women's March. [1] [2] [3] [4]In February 2018, [5] the Women's March faced controversy when reports emerged that three of its four lead organizers had attended events hosted by Louis Farrakhan.
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The 2017 Women's March was a network of global political rallies that took place in cities around the world on January 21, 2017. These "sister marches" were both formally and organically related to the popularized 2017 Women's March, all of which happened in concert.