Mass. women hold marches in protest
Bay State women say they are headed to the nation’s capitol for the Women’s March on Washington Saturday to demand accountability from President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress.
“I decided to go down on Nov. 9,” said Anna Josephson, 32, of Waltham. “I’m worried about his appointments, his hatred and his fearmongering ... I can’t see any sign from him that he thinks women are people, too.”
Josephson and others gathered on Boston Common yesterday as part of a LGBTQ anti-Trump protest.
In Boston Saturday, more women are expected at a protest with U.S Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Attorney General Maura Healey as lead speakers. The march, sponsored by the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus, starts at 11 a.m. on the Boston Common. Boston’s protest is one of dozens expected to take place across the country.
Many women, who will be attending Inauguration Day for the first time, had expected to be celebrating the inauguration
of the first female president. Instead they organized the protest in fear the Republican-controlled Congress will strip funding from Planned Parenthood and act against Roe v. Wade.
“I won’t take the changes they propose that impinge on human rights laying down,” said Jennifer Rowe, 27, of Dorchester. “I’m looking for a sense of hope brought by the people coming together and showing the power we do have as citizens.”
Many said they hope the women’s march sparks a new movement of action.
“We can’t just do one big thing and stop there,” said Rachel Flood Page, 30, of Jamaica Plain. “People need to focus on local government. There is a huge gap between the rich and poor. They are blaming the wrong people.”
“It seems like every step we’ve taken to make our country equal, they want to undo it,” said Danielle Letourneau-Therrien of Greenfield. “I’m sick of being considered a second-class citizen. We need to take it back.”