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international women's day
March 8, 2019

The Neatly Packaged Rage of a Protest Sign

By Lee Musho

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You could say women have mastered the art of the protest sign. Granted, we’ve had over a century of practice. In honor of International Women’s Day on Friday, the gallery below shows 120 years of women’s protest signs and slogans around the world. See signs from Bangkok to Kyrgyzstan to New York, plus scenes from rallies around the world today.

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Dorothy Newell, a suffragette, in 1900. Photo: George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images
The Women's Peace Party protesting World War I. 1917. Photo: FPG/Getty Images
1917. Photo: Circa Images / Glasshouse Images/UIG via Getty Images
A suffragette outside the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. 1919. Photo: Bettmann/Bettmann Archive
Protesting the Miss America Beauty Pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey. 1968. Photo: Bev Grant/Getty Images
Protesting the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey. 1968. Photo: Bev Grant/Getty Images
During a Legalize Abortion rally in Times Square. 1968. Photo: Bev Grant/Getty Images
Protesting the inauguration of President Nixon. 1969. Photo: David Fenton/Getty Images
Protesting unequal pay in Cincinnati, Ohio. 1970s. Photo: Cincinnati Museum Center/Getty Images
1975. Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
From a pro-choice demonstration in Washington D.C. 1986. Photo: Barbara Alper/Getty Images
Pro-choice marchers, in Washington D.C. 1992. Photo: Viviane Moos/Corbis via Getty Images
At the Women's Rights Rally in New York City. 1995. Photo: Evan Agostini/Getty Images
From the Slutwalk in London. 2012. Photo: Mike Kemp/Corbis via Getty Images
From a Slutwalk in Chicago. 2013. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images
During the 4th annual SlutWalk in Jerusalem. 2015. Photo: GALI TIBBON/AFP/Getty Images
At the Women's March in Mexico City. 2017. Photo: PEDRO PARDO/AFP/Getty Images
From a Woman's March in Oregon. 2017. Photo: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
From the Woman's March in Macau. 2017. Photo: Anthony Kwan/Getty Images
From an International Women's Day Rally in Melbourne, Australia. 2017. Photo: Daniel Pockett/Getty Images
From a Women's March in Bangkok, Thailand. 2017. Photo: Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images
From an International Women's Day Rally in Dublin, Ireland. 2017. Photo: Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images
From a Woman's March in Berlin, Germany. 2017. Photo: Adam Berry/Getty Images
A Woman's March in Accra, Ghana. 2017. Photo: CRISTINA ALDEHUELA/AFP/Getty Images
From a Woman's March in Hungary. 2017. Photo: ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images
From an International Women's Day rally in Oakland, California. 2017. Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images
At the second annual Women's March in Chicago. 2018. Photo: Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Women's March in Westminster, London. 2018. Photo: Barcroft Media/Barcroft Media via Getty Images
From the Women's March in Los Angeles. 2018. Photo: Presley Ann/Getty Images
At the Women's March in downtown Toronto. 2018. Photo: NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images
From the Women's March in Athens, Greece. 2018. Photo: Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images
From the Women's March in New York City. 2018. Photo: Ira L. Black - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images
From the Women's March in Las Vegas. 2018. Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images
From the Women's March in New York City. 2018. Photo: Ira L. Black - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images
From the Women's March in Westminster, London. 2018. Photo: Barcroft Media/Barcroft Media via Getty Images
From the Women's March in New York City. 2018. Photo: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
From The Women's March for Bread and Roses rally in London. 2019. Photo: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Media via Getty Images
From an International Women's Day March in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. 2019. Photo: VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images
From the Women's March in London. 2019. Photo: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Media via Getty Images
From the Women's March in New York City. 2019. Photo: Ira L. Black - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images
From the Women's March in New York City. 2019. Photo: Ira L. Black - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images
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