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Women Are Not a Monolith

Women from around the country will march this weekend. But they won’t all be marching together.
Source: Shannon Stapleton / Reuters

This weekend, women will take to the streets. The third annual Women’s March will bring thousands of women to Washington, D.C., and other cities across the country to mark “two years of resistance to the Trump presidency, two years of training new activists, and two years of building power.”

From its first year, the march has highlighted the significant divisions among women’s political movements. pro-life feminists were kicked off the list of sponsors. Over the past year, another ugly fight has emerged: The lead organizers of the national march have been and about Jews. In recent weeks, major political and religious groups have either denounced or pulled their support for the march, largely because of these accusations.

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