Women's March on Seattle
{{Short description|Seattle-based protest}}
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| date = January 21, 2017
| place = Seattle, Washington, United States
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| causes = Inauguration of Donald Trump
| methods = Protest march
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The Women's March on Seattle (stylized as the Womxn's March on Seattle){{Cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/Women-allies-march-on-Seattle-10872707.php|title=More than 100,000 join Women's March on Seattle|newspaper=seattlepi.com|access-date=2017-01-22}} was the Seattle affiliate of the worldwide 2017 Women's March protest on January 21, 2017. Newspapers including The Seattle Times said it was Seattle's largest protest march in history.{{citation|title=Record Seattle crowd asserts women's rights: 'Trump has galvanized everybody'|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=January 21, 2017|author1=Katherine Long |author2=Jessica Lee |author3=Lynn Thompson |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/massive-crowd-in-seattle-rallies-against-trump/|quote=The record protest for the Womxn's March on Seattle far surpassed previous demonstrations in the city.}}{{citation|title=Voices from the Historic Womxn's March on Seattle|author1=Rich Smith |author2=Ana Sofia Knauf |date=January 22, 2017|url=http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/01/22/24817128/voices-from-the-historic-womxns-march-on-seattle}}
The march route was from Seattle's Central District through Westlake Park in Downtown Seattle to the Seattle Center. Drawing an estimated 120,000 to 175,000 marchers according to police and organizers respectively, more than the 1999 Seattle WTO protests, the March filled the entire {{convert|3|mi|km|adj=mid}} route through downtown by early afternoon, making vehicle traffic across the route impossible. It was expected to be the third largest protest march in the United States on January 21, after the Women's March on Washington (D.C.) and the march in Los Angeles. An unusual feature of the march is that it was planned to be held in silence.
The event was named using the spelling "womxn"; organizers stated that this naming was meant to symbolize intersectionality with the transgender community.{{cite web|title=What to know: Seattle women's march estimates 50,000 attendees|url=http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/seattle-womens-march-estimates-50000-attendees-after-trump-inauguration/485687016|website=KIRO7.com|date=19 January 2017 |publisher=Cox Media Group|access-date=22 January 2017}}
Effects
Sound Transit and King County Metro rerouted many bus routes and added additional Link light rail service in anticipation of disruption to the city's transportation grid.{{cite press release |date=January 18, 2017 |title=Plan ahead, expect delays if you're riding Metro to the Womxn's March in Seattle |url=http://www.kingcounty.gov/transportation/kcdot/NewsCenter/NewsReleases/2017/January/nr_011817_WomensMarch.aspx |publisher=King County Metro |access-date=January 21, 2017}}
The march was routed on South Jackson Street through the Chinatown-International District neighborhood, causing major traffic disruptions. Some businesses in the neighborhood reported large losses in sales, taking place in the lead-up to the Lunar New Year (the largest shopping day of the year in the neighborhood). While restaurants reported good sales, grocery stores that rely on bulk purchases reported losses of up to 65 percent.{{cite news |last=Tu |first=Janet I. |date=January 27, 2017 |title=Massive Womxn's March in Seattle hurt holiday sales in Chinatown-International District |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/business/retail/massive-march-hurt-holiday-sales-in-chinatown-international-district-merchants-report/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=January 29, 2017}} Prior to the march, business leaders warned that the march would disrupt sales and wrote open letters in the International Examiner asking march participants to return to the neighborhood to offset losses.{{cite news |last=Tu |first=Janet I. |date=January 20, 2017 |title=Trump protest march could clog Chinatown-ID on crucial day for merchants |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/business/retail/trump-protest-march-could-clog-chinatown-id-on-crucial-day-for-merchants/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=January 29, 2017}}
Participation by people outside of Seattle
Hundreds of participants came to Seattle in organized groups from Eastside cities including Sammamish and Kirkland by charter bus, the Kitsap Peninsula by Washington State Ferries, and other Washington locales.{{citation|title=Hundreds of locals to bus to Women's March on Seattle|author=Nicole Jennings|work=Bellevue Reporter|date=January 23, 2017|url=http://www.bellevuereporter.com/news/hundreds-of-locals-to-bus-to-womens-march-on-seattle/}}{{citation|title=Kirkland residents participate in Women's March on Seattle|author=Catherine Krummey|date=January 25, 2017|work=Kirkland Reporter|url=http://www.kirklandreporter.com/news/kirkland-residents-participate-in-womens-march-on-seattle/}}{{citation|title=Seattle Women's March Stretches More Than 3 Miles|author1=Will James |author2=Warren Langford |date=January 22, 2017|publisher=KNKX-FM|url=https://knkx.org/post/seattle-womens-march-stretches-more-3-miles|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=March 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330052720/https://www.knkx.org/post/seattle-womens-march-stretches-more-3-miles|url-status=dead}}{{citation|title=Kitsap residents join Seattle Womxn's March|author=Ed Friedrich|date=January 21, 2017|url=http://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/local/2017/01/21/kitsap-residents-join-seattle-womxns-march/96899838/}}
=Other Pacific Northwest marches=
Other events in Twisp, Spokane, Yakima and Walla Walla in Eastern Washington and numerous cities in Western Washington, as well as Portland, Oregon drew additional thousands of marchers.{{citation |publisher=KSL-TV |location=Salt Lake City |title=Thousands expected at women's marches across the Northwest |author=Associated Press |date=January 21, 2017 |url=http://www.ksl.com/?nid=157&sid=42940844&title=thousands-expected-at-womens-marches-across-the-northwest}}{{citation|title=Women's march on Orcas|date=January 19, 2017|newspaper=The Islands' Sounder|url=http://www.islandssounder.com/news/womens-march-on-orcas/}}{{citation|title=Women's March on Olympia expected to draw thousands to Capitol|newspaper=The Olympian|via=Spokesman-Review (Spokane)|date=January 16, 2017|url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jan/16/womens-march-on-olympia-expected-to-draw-thousands/}}{{cite news|last1=Roth|first1=Sara|title=Inauguration Day, Women's March in Portland: What to expect|url=http://www.kgw.com/news/politics/inauguration-day-womens-march-in-portland-what-to-expect/385657475|access-date=January 18, 2017|publisher=KGW|date=January 12, 2017|location=Portland, Oregon|archive-date=January 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115174504/http://www.kgw.com/news/politics/inauguration-day-womens-march-in-portland-what-to-expect/385657475|url-status=dead}} The event at the state capitol in Olympia had 10,000 attendees. For days, regional knitting shops were sold out of pink yarn used to make pussy hats crafted and worn by the protestors.{{citation |title=Pink yarn selling out in Seattle shops ahead of Womxn's March|publisher=KGW|date=January 19, 2017|url=http://www.kgw.com/news/politics/pink-yarn-selling-out-in-seattle-shops-ahead-of-womxns-march/388346524}}
File:2017 Women's March at Olympia.jpg|State capitol in Olympia
Endorsements
The Seattle march was endorsed by Washington's senior United States senator, Patty Murray, who said she would be physically present at the D.C. event. The King County AFL–CIO chapter officially participated in the event.{{citation|title=Womxn's March on Seattle Sign Making and Labor Contingent |publisher=M.L. King Labor Council |date=January 13, 2017 |url=http://www.iuoelocal609.org/uploads/3/9/8/2/39826045/mlkclc_1-13-2017.pdf}} The mayor of Seattle, Ed Murray, marched.
References
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{{cite web|last1=Q13 News Staff|title=Seattle women's march draws 175,000 attendees, organizers say|url=http://q13fox.com/2017/01/21/seattle-womens-march-draws-175000-attendees-organizers-say/|publisher=Q13 Fox|date=21 January 2017}}
{{cite web|last1=Associated Press and KOMO Staff|title=At least 120K rally at Women's March in Seattle|url=http://komonews.com/news/local/thousands-expected-at-womens-marches-across-the-northwest|website=KOMOnews.com|date=21 January 2017 |publisher=KOMO news|access-date=21 January 2017}}
{{citation|title=Tens of Thousands Plan To Attend Women's March In Seattle|date=January 18, 2017 |publisher=CBS Local Media|url=http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2017/01/18/thousands-expected-at-womens-march-this-weekend/}}
{{citation|title=The Womxn's March on Seattle and how Trump spurred more women to activism, on The Overcast|date=January 20, 2017 |author1=Gina Cole |author2=Daniel Beekman |newspaper=The Seattle Times|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/the-womxns-march-on-seattle-and-how-trump-spurred-women-to-activism-for-the-first-time-on-the-overcast/}}
{{citation|title=Live blog: Thousands expected for Seattle Womxn's March|date=January 21, 2017|publisher=KING-TV|url=http://www.king5.com/news/local/seattle/live-blog-thousands-expected-for-seattle-womxns-march/389577697|access-date=January 21, 2017|archive-date=October 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020050255/http://www.king5.com/news/local/seattle/live-blog-thousands-expected-for-seattle-womxns-march/389577697|url-status=dead}}
{{citation|title=Inside the Debate Over Whether the Seattle Womxn's March Should Be Silent|author=Rich Smith|work=The Stranger|date=January 17, 2017|url=http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/01/16/24803429/inside-the-debate-over-whether-the-seattle-womxns-march-should-be-silent}}
{{citation|author=Patty Murray|title=Senator Patty Murray stands with the Womxn's March on Seattle|date=January 20, 2017|via=Official U.S. Senate website|url=http://www.murray.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/lowbandwidth/newsreleases?ID=83B2C06C-2334-4144-A17E-46309F7F6E9C|author-link=Patty Murray}}
{{citation|title=Traffic alert: Women's march now 3 miles long; organizers estimate crowd has reached 100,000|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=January 21, 2017|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/traffic-alert-womens-march-now-three-miles-long-organizers-estimate-crowd-has-reached-100000/}}
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External links
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- {{Official website|https://actionnetwork.org/events/womens-march-seattle-wa}}
- [https://www.seattlewomxnmarchingforward.org/ Seattle Womxn Marching Forward]
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