advocating votes for women, 100 years earlier,
prior to the ratification of the 19th Amendment
An evil man as President would be bad enough. A stupid man who doesn't have a freakin' clue as to how the job works would be bad enough. A weak man who lets others push him into bad policy would be bad enough.
January 20, 2017: An evil man, a stupid man, and a weak man walked into the White House. And Donald Trump was all three. And that's no joke. But now, we all needed to walk into a bar.
Actually, what we needed was to march. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
January 21, 2017: The Women's March is held, in locations all over the world, in protest of Trump and the way he personally, and his policies in general, treat women. The largest march is in Washington, attracting about 200,000 people -- about 1/3rd as many people as attended Trump's Inauguration the day before. In total, the marches were estimated at attracting 4 million.
According to organizers, the goal was to "send a bold message to our new administration on their first day in office, and to the world that women's rights are human rights" -- reflecting a speech given by Hillary Clinton in China in 1995.
You can read the sign held by the cosplaying protester above. Here's another, from a woman who supported various women's rights before they were enshrined into law, and had come back hard:
During the 2016 election, feminists had warned that Trump would appoint Justices to the Supreme Court that would rule to overturn Roe v. Wade and the right to an abortion. But enough people believed Trump's lies about his abilities, and about Mrs. Clinton's alleged flaws, that he won the Electoral Vote, if not the popular vote. Sure enough: Trump appointed Neal Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Comey Barrett to the Supreme Court.
In 2017, the #MeToo movement gained momentum, as women began to use social media to spread stories about how men had used whatever power they had to abuse women, from "the bedroom" to the boardroom. Time magazine chose "The Silence Breakers" as their collective Persons of the Year.
The cover showed singer Taylor Swift, actress Ashley Judd, software engineer Susan Fowler, lobbyist Adama Iwu, an immigrant strawberry picker who used the pseudonym Isabel Pascual, and a 6th woman, a hospital worker who wished to remain anonymous, and so only her right arm was shown.
Among the other women featured in the cover article were actresses Alyssa Milano, Tarana Burke, Selma Blair, Rose McGowan; journalists Megyn Kelly (who had supported Trump on Fox News, before criticizing him and facing his vulgar wrath in a campaign speech) and Jane Merrick; Oregon State Senator Sara Gelser; and 7 plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Plaza Hotel in New York, formerly owned by Trump. They also featured one man who came forward with a story of sexual abuse: Football player-turned-actor Terry Crews.
In the 2020 Presidential election,, women voted for Joe Biden over Donald Trump, 57 percent to 42; unmarried women were for Biden, 62-36; black women were for Biden, 90-9; and Latina women were for Biden, 69-30. White women were still 55-44 for Trump, many of them simply voting the same way as their husbands. (White men were for Trump, 61-38.)
Women made the difference in defeating Trump. It was called "Roevember."
UPDATE: In 2022, Trump's Court appointees joined with John Roberts, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito in a 6-3 vote that struck Roe down. And in 2024, Trump got back in, largely because a majority of white women chose being white over being women. It was also in part because a larger number of Hispanic men chose Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris, choosing being men over being Hispanic. In each case, they thought it would protect them against Trump's abuses over the next 4 years. They found out how wrong they were.
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January 21, 2017 was a Saturday. Baseball was out of season. Football was between rounds of the Playoffs. There were 11 games in the NBA:
* The New York Knicks lost to the Phoenix Suns, 107-105 at Madison Square Garden.
* The Brooklyn Nets lost to the Charlotte Hornets, 112-105 at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte.
* The Portland Trail Blazers beat the Boston Celtics, 127-123 in overtime at the TD Garden in Boston. Isaiah Thomas (not to be confused with Isiah Thomas) scored 41 in defeat.
* The Atlanta Hawks beat the Philadelphia 76ers, 110-93 at the Philips Arena (now the State Farm Arena) in Atlanta.
* The Miami Heat beat the Milwaukee Bucks, 109-97 at the American Airlines Arena (now the Kaseya Center) in Miami.
* The Houston Rockets beat the Memphis Grizzlies, 119-95 at the FedEx Forum in Memphis.
* The San Antonio Spurs beat the Cleveland Cavaliers, 118-105 in overtime at the Quicken Loans Arena (now the Rocket Mortgage Arena) in Cleveland. Kawhi Leonard scored 41 points for the Spurs.
* The Detroit Pistons beat the Washington Wizards, 113-112 at the The Palace in the Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills, Michigan.
* The Chicago Bulls beat the Sacramento Kings, 102-99 at the United Center in Chicago. DeMarcus Cousins scored 42 in defeat.
* The Denver Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Clippers, 123-98 at the Pepsi Center (now the Ball Arena) in Denver.
* And the Utah Jazz beat the Indiana Pacers, 109-100 at the Vivint Arena (as the Delta Center was then known) in Salt Lake City, Utah.
There were 11 games in the NHL:
* The New York Islanders beat the Los Angeles Kings, 4-2 at the Barclays Center.
* The New Jersey Devils beat the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-1 at the Wells Fargo Center (now the Xfinity Mobile Arena) in Philadelphia.
* The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens, 3-2 at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Zach Bogosian scored the winning goal, with 3:12 left in overtime.
* The Ottawa Senators beat their arch-rivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-2 in a shootout at the Air Canada Centre (now the Scotiabank Arena) in Toronto.
* The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Carolina Hurricanes, 3-2 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus.
* The Washington Capitals beat the Dallas Stars, 4-3 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Jay Beagle scored the winning goal, 19 seconds into overtime.
* The Minnesota Wild beat the Anaheim Ducks, 5-3 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.
* The Winnipeg Jets beat the St. Louis Blues, 5-3 at the MTS Centre (now the Canada Life Centre) in Winnipeg.
* The Arizona Coyotes beat the Tampa Bay Lightning, 5-3 at the Gila River Arena (now the Desert Diamond Arena) in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Arizona.
* The Edmonton Oilers won their "Battle of Alberta" rivalry with the Calgary Flames, 7-3 at the Saddledome in Calgary.
* And the San Jose Sharks beat the Colorado Avalanche, 3-2 at the SAP Center in San Jose. David Schlemko scored the winning goal, with 3:42 left in overtime.
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