Gloria Steinhem: Women's March on Washington, January 21st, 2017
On Saturday, January 21, Democracy Now! provided special live coverage of the Women’s March on Washington. In this historic event, huge crowds converged on the capital to deliver messages of resistance to the newly inaugurated Trump administration. The rally featured the voices of America Ferrera, Gloria Steinem, Cecile Richards, Janet Mock, Michael Moore, Van Jones, Ashley Judd, Scarlett Johansson, Angela Davis, Alicia Keys, Janelle Monáe, Maxwell and Madonna, as well as national co-chairs Carmen Perez, Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour.
SOURCE: Democracy Now (2017), posted on Youtube, Duration: 10:13 mins, URL: https://youtu.be/4ukHjJzRCas
On January 21, 2017, an estimated 500,000 women in pink hats gathered at the Women's March in Washington D.C. for the largest public rally for women's right in recent history. The historic event kicked off at 10 a.m. on Independence Avenue SW and 3rd Street with about three hours of speakers and musical performances. The lineup included a bevy of inspiring women, including celebrities like America Ferrera, Ashley Judd, and Scarlett Johansson, President of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards, civil rights activist Angela Davis, ELLE's Editor-at-Large, Melissa Harris-Perry, filmmaker Michael Moore, and many other notable activists for women's rights, civil rights, and LGBTQ rights.
But the most moving keynote speaker was the legendary feminist icon Gloria Steinem, who delivered a rousing speech that will no doubt go down in history.