A sign from the NYC Women’s March (photo by Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic)
Yesterday, over three million (and some say over four million) people joined the Women’s Marches across the United States and the world. They are believed to be the biggest protests in US history.
An NYU psychology professor Jay Van Bavel collected the protest numbers in a Google doc, and his estimate is a total 3,667,305 people on the low side and 4,577,523 on the high side. That would suggest over 1% of the US population (maybe even 1.5%) marched yesterday, including:
- DC — 500,000–1,000,000
- LA — 500,000–750,000
- NYC — 400,00–500,000
- Chicago — 250,000
- Denver — 200,000
- Boston — 175,000
- Seattle — 120,000–175,000
- SF — 100,000–150,000
- St. Paul/Minneapolis — 90,000–100,000
- Madison, WI — 75,000–100,000
Here are some of the most creative and playful signs we spotted in person and on social media. I should mention that the New York protest had more handmade signs than I’ve ever seen in any protest.
Enjoy:
From the NYC protest (Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic)
From the NYC protest (Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic)
From the NYC protest (Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic)
From the NYC protest (Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic)
From the NYC protest (Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic)
From the Washington, DC Women’s Protest (photo by An Xiao Mina/Hyperallergic)
From the Washington, DC Women’s Protest (photo by An Xiao Mina/Hyperallergic)
From the Washington, DC Women’s Protest (photo by An Xiao Mina/Hyperallergic)
From the Washington, DC Women’s Protest (photo by An Xiao Mina/Hyperallergic)
From the Washington, DC Women’s Protest (photo by An Xiao Mina/Hyperallergic)
From the Washington, DC Women’s Protest (photo by An Xiao Mina/Hyperallergic)
From the Washington, DC Women’s Protest (photo by An Xiao Mina/Hyperallergic)
Sign Swag Squad #crew pic.twitter.com/ipWwORGs3T
— Mr. Kunle 🗣💨 (@KunleIRAK) January 21, 2017
#WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/4veqo1hvSl
— Boing Boing (@BoingBoing) January 21, 2017
*Fantastic* sign at the NYC Women’s March. Photo by Rachel Alemany. pic.twitter.com/uPqjsVBJzT
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) January 21, 2017
And @womensmarchchi embroidered protest sign is hooped and ready! @womensmarch #notmypresident pic.twitter.com/My8AyqRxfq
— Shannon “Badass Cross Stitch” Downey (@ShannonDowney) January 19, 2017
spotted @ nyc women’s march pic.twitter.com/d6X5re105a
— New York Year Zero (@newyorkyearzero) January 21, 2017
Here for this. pic.twitter.com/o0ubit2h5t
— Kima Jones 🍅 (@kima_jones) January 22, 2017
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