Editor’s note: This letter was sent to the organizers of the January 21st Women’s March on Washington. Please share and send your own letter to the organizers at info@womensmarch.com if you agree that Hillary Clinton’s name should appear on the list of women honored in the march.
Dear Women’s March Chairperson,
We are supporters who will march with you on January 21st, all across these United States. Thank you for organizing this important march, which will surely go down in the history books as a turning point in our democracy. We are not only planning to attend and march with you, but we have been encouraging, organizing, and assisting thousands of others to attend as well. We have chartered buses, we have put together materials and metro passes, and we have financially supported women who wish to march but weren’t able to travel themselves.
We march for many reasons — to stand up for our rights and those of so many others, to send a message to the incoming administration and to the world, to make sure women’s voices are loud and heard. Many of us have been inspired and are coming in part because of the work of one of our longest time allies for the rights of women and girls, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton. In fact, the march’s Unity Principles starts with Secretary Clinton’s own powerful words: “We believe that Women’s Rights are Human Rights and Human Rights are Women’s Rights. This is the basic and original tenet from which all our values stem.”
Thus, we were surprised and saddened to learn that your Unity Principles links to a PDF list of specific women we thank and honor in the march, yet Secretary Clinton is excluded from that list. After all, in addition to being the first female nominee of a major party, and winner of the popular vote for the presidency, Secretary Clinton has had an esteemed career of fighting for women and families of all colors and cultures, of standing up to racism and sexism and hate, and of embodying the characteristics we hope to see in the world. Her commitment to public service and contributions to policy, particularly that will help women across the world is unparalleled. It is the reason many of us march.
Therefore,
Because women’s rights are human rights and because she dared to say so out loud…
Because of her tremendous contribution to policy, dialogue, thinking and forward progress…
Because she has been an inspiration to women and girls in this nation and beyond…
Because her words are being used in the mantra and guiding principles of this march…
Because many are marching for her as well as against him…
We kindly request that Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton be added to the list of women we honor at the march.
Thank you for your consideration,
Sincerely,
Wise Women for Clinton Members and Friends
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Tamara Holt
Alexandra Bandon
Shana Corey
Rashmi Pappu
Monica Byrne
Jennie Apter
Cathy Savage Llama
Sandy Marks
Heather Pickens Keppler
Noel Lawless Miller
Ann Forman Brandman
Basia Hellwig
Beth Crane
Bonny Davis Morris
Brenda Blanc
Peggy McCollum
Krista Vollack
Ariel Woods
Hyon Su Kwon
Leslie Hermelin
Sara Raymond-Wagner
Stephanie Schwab
Alexandra Aimee
Aimee Giese
Alexis Quinlan
Alison Laichter
Allison Hatcher
Althea Booth
Amy Ignatow
Amy Lamare
Andrea B. Hopmann
Andrea Rothschild
Andrea Vuleta
Angie Burton
Angel Sheree Morrow
Avery C. Bauer
Barbara Black
Barbara Pollak-Lewis
Beth Crane
Beth Phares
Betsy Pugh
Beverly Klein Corey
Briana Burns
Brigid Donovan
Callie Doan
Carina Chocano
Carri Levinson
Carolyn Mazzu Genovesi
Catherine Collins
Cathleen Gable
Christine Cox Reinauer
Claire Johnson
Corinna Bisgaier
Courtney Malley
Dana Buske
Dara Obbard
Darcy McGaffic
Deborah J. Ludewig
Deede Burgeron
Dori Martin
Doris Casap Warren
Dozier Bell
Edie Jarolim
Elaine Lawson
Ellen Hollander Sande
Emily Cacioppo-Monus
Em Bee
Erika Shapiro
Gina Shaw
Hanny Newlander
Heather Carlucci
Heather Fowles
Heather Gibbs
Hillary Ellison
Holley Atkinson
Holly Rosen Fink
Jani Steiger-Nebitt
J.D. Oulette
Jenn Jarnagin
Jennie Nealon Driesen
Jennifer Parsons
Jenne Micale
Jessie Biele
Jessica Simkovic
Josephine Curella Cardillo
Julie Janata
Julia Boyd Mitchener
Julia Gibson
Justine Roberts
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Karen Kruse Gestwicki
Karen Packer
Karen Schlossberg
Kate Singh
Katie Russo Burkert
Kayti Sullivan
Katharine Swibold
Katherine Gooch-Breault
Kristin Manitzas Miles
Lauren Suraci Johnson
Laurie Hasencamp
Leisah Swenson
Laurie Stewart
Leah Goor Burtnett
Leslie Rugaber
Lianna Carrera
Linda Minnick
Lisa Allen
Lisa Chamberlain
Lisa Raizin George
Liz Bradley
Liz Kersjes
Lizzie Parsons
Liz Rizzo
Lori LeFevre Wells
Lorraine Dusky
M’liss Keesling
Macy Moon
Maggie Christ
Maggie Haskins
Mara Samuels
Maggie Tara
Mara Strom
Maria Agostinelli
Marielle Isabel
Maria Avgitidis Pyrogiotakis
Mary Christenson
McCalla Hill-Mckaharay
Melissa M. Iwai
Mehala Vaidhyanathan
Melody Freeze Axe
Nancy Letts
Nancy Line Jacobs
Nichola Samponaro
Nicki Piercy
Nicole Grunfeld
Ninon Aprea
Pam Kirchen
Patricia Gander Rich
Patricia Lassiter
Patricia McKeogh
Patti Knight Hill
Peggy McCollum
Patti Schwartz
Rachel Kolliopoulos
Rikkaela Anna
Robin Alperstein
Robin Black
Robin Krosinsky
Rohi Mirza Pandya
Rosemary Lerit Titievsky
Rosie Finizio
Sabrina London
Saira Mclaren
Sara Atkins
Sarah Nielsen
Sarah Voisine
Shari Rosen Ascher
Sherree Merenstein Drezner
Sherry Brown
Sonni Mun, MD
Sonia Paz
Stefania Pomponi
Stephanie Schwab
Susan Kim
Susan McDonald
Suzy Capozzi
Tamye Riggs
Tanya L. Domi
Tara Dublin
Teresa Bishop McGaffic
Valerie Brady Rongey
Victoria Bandon Noonan
….and many others