Women's March on Seattle: Demonstrator in knitted pussy hat carrying sign reading "We are powerful", Seattle, January 21, 2017

Women's March on Seattle: Demonstrator in knitted pussy hat carrying sign reading "We are powerful", Seattle, January 21, 2017

Colman, Jamie

2017/2017

Text on sign reads: "We are powerful". PH Coll 1467.ColmanJ71 The Women's March on Seattle (also written as Womxn's March) was held on Saturday, January 21, 2017 to promote policies regarding civil and human rights and other issues, including women's rights, LGBTQ rights, immigration reform and workers rights, healthcare reform, environmental justice, racial equality, and freedom of religion. The march was held in solidarity with the Women's March on Washington D.C. and other marches across the United States and around the world. The marches were held on the day after the inauguration of U.S. President Donald J. Trump, and were framed as a statement of opposition to the views and ideas put forward by President Trump. Estimates that between 100,000 and 140,000 people participated in the Seattle march, designated it as the largest political march in Seattle's history. The march formed a three mile long line that began with a rally at Judkins Park with speeches and performers, wound its way through downtown Seattle via S. Jackson Street and Fourth Avenue and ended at Seattle Center. Other events at numerous cities in Washington including Spokane, Twisp, Walla Walla, and the state capitol of Olympia drew thousands of additional participants.

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