Photo Gallery: Signs tell the story of resistence at the Women's Chicago March

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Photo Gallery: Signs tell the story of resistence at the Women’s Chicago March

January 25, 2017

By Yarilet Perez

In one of the most stunning demonstrations of unity in history, Chicago’s women showed their strength and courage as they joined 500,000 demonstrators at the Women’s March on Washington over the weekend.

Children protest for their mothers, sisters, and all the women in their families on Jan. 21 (Yarilet Perez/MEDILL)

The protest crowd surrounds the Abraham Lincoln statue at South Michigan Avenue on Jan. 21 (Yarilet Perez/MEDILL)

Both the sign and the poster proclaim that not only have women made America great, but that all women have on Jan. 21 (Yarilet Perez/MEDILL)

The Jan. 21 sign from Mujeres Latinas en Accion (Latina Women in Action) says: “You want me a virgin. You want me a saint. You want me colonized. And because of that [you] have me tired.” (Yarilet Perez/MEDILL)

Marchers meet at Buckingham Fountain before heading to the walk on Jan. 21 (Yarilet Perez/MEDILL)

Mother and Son tell the President, they are watching him at the march near the loop on Jan. 21 (Yarilet Perez/MEDILL)

Former journalist Brenda Mendoza was part of the Mujeres Latinas en Accion group at the Women’s march in Chicago on Jan. 21 (Yarilet Perez/MEDILL)

Three flags designed by Shepard Fairey, who also designed Barack Obama’s 2008 HOPE logo, swirl during the Women’s March in Chicago on Jan. 21 (Yarilet Perez/MEDILL)

Even guys can’t believe women are still fighting for equal rights at the March in Chicago on Jan. 21 (Yarilet Perez/MEDILL)

Photo at top: On Jan. 21 as the crowd chants, “This is what democracy looks like,” one marcher welcomed them to the Women’s March in Chicago at Grant Park. (Yarilet Perez/MEDILL)