The first Women's March came in January 2017. This year it may also include furloughed workers impacted by the partial government shutdown.
WASHINGTON — See images of the 2019 Women’s March in Washington, D.C. and beyond. The first Women’s March in January 2017 drew hundreds of thousands of protesters. This year, marchers may also include furloughed workers impacted by the partial government shutdown.
A Women’s March protester joins thousands gathering in downtown D.C.’s Freedom Plaza on the morning of Jan. 19, with the Capitol building and Pennsylvania Avenue in the background.
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WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez
Turnout for the third Women’s March was — despite a deepening controversy — roughly on par with the 2018 installment of the now-annual march, during which about 10,000 gathered at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial. Women’s March 2019 featured a short walk down Pennsylvania Avenue and a loop back to Freedom Plaza down E Street before an afternoon rally.
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WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez
The original Women’s March in 2017 was organized by activists as a rebuke of President Trump’s election, as well as a show of unity for women’s rights and issues. In the years since, the Women’s March has fractured into rival factions amid a dispute stemming from under-representation of minority groups and accusations of anti-Semitism.
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WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez
A marcher and her friend try to secure a spot near the main stage in Freedom Plaza, which would quickly become packed virtually shoulder-to-shoulder.
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WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez
Elisabeth traveled with her daughter, Penelope, from Atlanta to join their first Women’s March in D.C.
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WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez
Two protesters at the Women’s March main stage at Freedom Plaza on the morning of Jan. 19.
(WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez)
WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez
Women’s March organizers Linda Sarsour (center), Tamika Mallory and Bob Bland lead a chant before starting off the march near the Trump International Hotel.
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WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez
Drummers with Batala Washington , an “all-women Afro-Brazilian band that plays Samba-Reggae rhythms,” played non-stop for the duration of the march near Freedom Plaza.
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WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez
The third Women’s March is the group’s first in the aftermath of a major election. The Jan. 19 came only weeks after the Democratic Party formally retook the House, the end of a dramatic midterm race that resulted in several candidates endorsed by the Women’s March being elected to office.
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WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez
A group of protesters singing songs and chanting in support of immigrants and refugees along the loop back to Freedom Plaza.
(WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez)
WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez
A protester holds a balloon featuring an orange infant resembling President Trump. The “Trump baby blimp” was quickly embraced by some American activists after protesters hoisted a similar, giant blimp over London during Trump’s visit there last summer.
(WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez)
WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez
A floating swarm of “Trump baby balloons,” a common sight over the crowd at the 2019 Women’s March. Some of the balloons floated away over the city, prompting cheers and applause from the march below.
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WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez
A protester holds a mockup report card for President Trump’s first term in office. Behind her, another protester taunts Trump’s misspelling of the word hamburger in a tweet earlier this week.
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WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez
A protester rounds the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue onto 11th Street.
(WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez)
WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez
The 2019 Women’s March passed directly in front of the Trump International Hotel — a common site for protesters seeking to express their anger and frustration with President Trump. The half-mile march featured thousands of people, including some furloughed federal workers, advocating for women’s rights and calling for Trump’s removal from office.
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WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez
Two signs which exemplify the long-term goal of the original Women’s March — the election of more women to public office. The 2018 midterm elections ushered in a record number of women into the House and state offices.
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WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez
Three young women greet marchers arriving back at Freedom Plaza for a rally.
(WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez)
WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez
A young girl sits on her mother’s shoulders at Freedom Plaza following the march.
(WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez)
WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez
A group of marchers confront a small number of anti-abortion activists attempting to drown out the main rally with a megaphone.
(WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez)
WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez
A group hold up signs at freedom plaza during the women’s march in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019.
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
Participants take part in a Women’s rally in lower Manhattan on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019 in New York. A march through midtown Manhattan is being organized by the Women’s March Alliance for the third year. But the downtown Manhattan rally at roughly the same time is being organized by a chapter of Women’s March Inc., the group formed to help organize the 2017 demonstration in Washington. Women’s March Inc. co-leader Tamika Mallory, who is black, has come under her fire from Jewish groups for her support of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who is known partly for his anti-Semitic rhetoric and condemnations of homosexuality.
(AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
AP Photo/Kathy Willens
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during the Women’s March Alliance, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, in New York. One procession, a march through midtown Manhattan, is being organized by the Women’s March Alliance, a nonprofit group whose leaders are putting on their demonstration for the third straight year. Another event, a downtown Manhattan rally held at roughly the same time Saturday, is being organized by the New York City chapter of Women’s March Inc., the group formed to help organize the 2017 demonstration in Washington, D.C.
(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
AP Photo/Mary Altaffer
Demonstrators hold signs as they march on Pennsylvania Avenue during the Women’s March in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019.
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
Co-presidents of the 2019 Women’s March, Linda Sarsour, center, and Tamika Mallory, right, join other demonstrators on Pennsylvania Avenue during the Women’s March in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019.
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
Co-president of the 2019 Women’s March, Tamika Mallory, center, joins other demonstrators on Pennsylvania Avenue during the Women’s March in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019.
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
Demonstrators hold banners as they march on Pennsylvania Avenue during the Women’s March in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019.
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
Demonstrators march with photos of people who died as a result of gun violence during the Women’s March Alliance, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, in New York.
(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
AP Photo/Mary Altaffer
Demonstrators hold up their banners as they march on Pennsylvania Avenue during the Women’s March in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019.
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
Demonstrators march past the Trump International Hotel and Tower during the Women’s March Alliance, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, in New York.
(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
AP Photo/Mary Altaffer
Demonstrators march on Pennsylvania Av. during the Women’s March in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. Organizers had originally planned to gather Saturday on the National Mall, but with the forecast calling for snow and freezing rain Saturday and the National Park Service no longer plowing the snow, the march’s location and route was altered this week to start at Freedom Plaza and march down Pennsylvania Avenue past the Trump International Hotel.
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
Demonstrators march past the Trump International Hotel and Tower during the Women’s March Alliance, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, in New York.
(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
AP Photo/Mary Altaffer
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., waits backstage during the Women’s March Alliance, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, in New York.
(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
AP Photo/Mary Altaffer
Demonstrators march past the Trump International Hotel and Tower during the Women’s March Alliance, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, in New York.
(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
AP Photo/Mary Altaffer
A group hold up signs at freedom plaza during the women’s march in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019.
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
A group hold up signs at freedom plaza during the women’s march in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019.
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
A group hold up signs at freedom plaza during the women’s march in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019.
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
A group hold up signs at freedom plaza during the women’s march in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019.
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
A group hold up signs at freedom plaza during the women’s march in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019.
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
Demonstrators march on Pennsylvania Av. during the women’s march in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019.
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
Demonstrators hold signs during the Women’s March in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019.
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
Swarms of the Trump baby balloons being paraded down Pennsylvania Ave. The balloons modeled after the giant blimp that took flight during Trump’s visit to London last summer.
(WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez)
WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez
Swarms of the Trump baby balloons being paraded down Pennsylvania Ave in Washington D.C. The balloons modeled after the giant blimp that took flight during Trump’s visit to London last summer.
(WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez)
WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez
Protesters hold signs at the 2019 annual Women’s March in Washington, D.C.
(WTOP/Melissa Howell)
WTOP/Melissa Howell
Protesters came from all over the country to attend the 2019 annual Women’s March in Washington, D.C.
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WTOP/Melissa Howell