Images: Women's March in Chicago
Thousands of people gathered Saturday at the Women's March Chicago in Grant Park. On a warm, sunny winter day, the crowd of Chicagoans and suburbanites carried signs, wore pink hats and spoke of their desire for change.
Elaine Nekritz, foreground, a retired state representative from Northbrook, stands near the main stage of the Women's March Chicago in Grant Park Saturday. Organizers said 300,000 people came to the event.
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Organizers said 300,000 people came to the Women's March Chicago in Grant Park Saturday.
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Young girls stand at the base of a large video screen projecting the speakers on stage a block away at the Women's March Chicago in Grant Park Saturday.
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Dawnn Basaraba, of Carol Stream, enjoys the Women's March Chicago in Grant Park Saturday. She rallied with several political groups from DuPage County.
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Cathy Clarkin, of Naperville holds a sign as she stands with friend Laura Font, of Elmhurst and several other women at the Women's March Chicago in Grant Park Saturday.
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The crowd makes it's way west on Jackson Boulevard during the Women's March Chicago Saturday.
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The crowd listens near the stage at the Women's March Chicago in Grant Park Saturday.
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Darilyn Dinsmore and husband David Kozar of Forest Park ride the Green Line to the Women's March Chicago Saturday.
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Illinois Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Kennedy joins the crowd gathering at the Women's March Chicago Saturday.
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Crowds of buoyant marchers using public transit streamed toward Grant Park for the Women's March Chicago. This group gathered at a Green Line el stop.
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The reported crowd of 300,000 packs the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Jackson Boulevard during the Women's March Chicago Saturday.
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The crowd held signs with a common theme at the Women's March Chicago Saturday.
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A woman holds a plastic light saber as she stands on a cement block in Federal Plaza t the Women's March Chicago Saturday.
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An effigy of Donald Trump is carried around Federal Plaza during the Women's March Chicago Saturday.
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