How people are participating in ‘A Day Without a Woman’ in the Boston area
Women across the country Wednesday are donning red, staying home from work, and avoiding shopping online or in person to demonstrate their role in the national economy and society as part of “A Day Without a Woman.”
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In the Greater Boston area, it was no different. Signs of solidarity with the event, which coincides with the U.N.-designated International Women’s Day, cropped up in ways ranging from a rally in Harvard Square to new headgear adorning an iconic statue on MIT’s campus.
Here’s a look at how residents across the region are celebrating women:
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Greetings from MIT campus. #InternationalWomensDay pic.twitter.com/Sc6PMiCa6r
— Maia Portell Weinstock ✨ (@20tauri) March 8, 2017
From the flashmob today #InternationalWomensDay #womensstrike Harvard Square #icantkeepquiet pic.twitter.com/HLOT3Tl0jt
— Jean Trounstine⚖️ @spoutible & @bluesky (@JusticeWithJean) March 8, 2017
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Here’s a selection of the books on our Great Women of History display for #InternationalWomensDay 🎉 @SamMaggs @gemmacorrell pic.twitter.com/8wHS2mrbzi
— WellesleyBooksYA (@WellesleyBksYA) March 8, 2017
#InternationalWomensDay #DayWithoutAWoman sign in #Brookline pic.twitter.com/WW8PVYAGqw
— Michael A. Burstein (@mabfan) March 8, 2017
Our library chose not to strike, but we are still acknowledging a #DayWithoutWomen. https://t.co/MwbsKYlrgO pic.twitter.com/YhBXXkGS9U
— Margaret H. Willison (@MrsFridayNext) March 8, 2017
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