Photos: Tender moments and public ire at Women’s March in Boston
A woman sheds a tear as the song, "America the Beautiful: Together We Stand" plays in the Boston Common during the Boston Women's March on Jan. 21, 2017. (Photo by Alastair Pike)
More than 100 years after American women mobilized for the right to vote, up to 175,000 people gathered in Boston, Mass., for what might have been the second-largest Women’s March in the United States.
The march comes just a day after the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump, whose contentious election inspired at least one million people to protest on Saturday – including across more than 600 “sister marches” around the world.
Here are photos of the march in the Boston Common, where children and adults alike held up signs about violated rights, climate change denial and xenophobia.
Protesters play the tambourine as a band comes through the city of Boston on Jan. 21, 2017. (Photo by Alastair Pike)
A woman sheds a tear as the song, “America the Beautiful: Together We Stand” plays in the Boston Common during the Boston Women’s March on Jan. 21, 2017. (Photo by Alastair Pike)
Protestors hold up collective signs calling President Donald J. Trump a “dicktator” in the Boston Commons on Jan. 21, 2017. (Photo by Alastair Pike)
An estimated 150 – 170,000 people attended the Women’s March in Boston on Jan. 21, 2017. (Photo by Alastair Pike)
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Sen. Elizabeth Warren march with women holding up a sign for the Massachusetts Womens Political Caucus on Jan. 21, 2017. (Photo by Alastair Pike)
Audrey Guerrero, 25, of Boston, and Angie Egea, 27, of Colombia, kiss during the Boston Women’s March on Jan. 21, 2017. (Photo by Alastair Pike)
Marchers follow a band and dance in the streets during the Boston Women’s March on Jan. 21, 2017. (Photo by Alastair Pike)
“I feel good about it,” says 5-year-old Georgia, of Salem, Mass., when asked about her participation in the Boston ‘sister march.’ Her father, left, said that his daughter is aware that Donald Trump could be a threat, and that it’s important for her to be out, since it “factors into her future.” (Photo by Alastair Pike)
Participants react to a speech at the Boston Women’s March on Jan. 21, 2017. (Photo by Alastair Pike)
Participants react when Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at the Boston Women’s March on Jan. 21, 2017. (Photo by Alastair Pike)
Kristen Coogan, 24, of Marlboro, Mass. (right), and Jessica Pierre, 24, of Somerville, Mass. (center), look on during the Boston Women’s March on Jan. 21, 2017. (Photo by Alastair Pike)
“I feel good … I’m marching for women’s rights,” says 8-year-old Taharka Parry, right, as he plays with his 3-year-old brother while his mother, left, looks on. (Photo by Alastair Pike)
