This January 20 marked the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s presidency, and January 21 marked the one-year anniversary of the Women’s March, which included over five million women in 168 marches in 81 countries. The year for women didn’t end there. Here’s a summary of what 2017 looked like for women in the United States:
January 20: Donald Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States.
January 21: Around the world, five million women march to protest inequality.
February 10: Planned Parenthood supporters march in Chicago, Illinois.
February 25: Democrat Stephanie Hansen wins a special election in the Delaware Senate.
March 8: The “Day Without Women,” organized to celebrate International Women’s Day.
April 22: March for Science, with an intersectional tone that acknowledges climate change as an issue that harms the already disadvantaged.
May 14: Mother’s Day.
June 2nd: Wonder Woman comes out, featuring DC’s first female superhero.
June 20: Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns amid allegations of sexual misconduct and gender discrimination.
July 16: Jodie Whittaker is announced to be the first woman to take the lead role of the BBC’s long-running science fiction television series, Doctor Who.
August 14: A woman in Durham, NC pulls down a Confederate statue in solidarity with the counter-protestors of the Charlottesville, VA white supremacist rally.
September 12: Hillary Clinton publishes What Happened, her account of the 2016 presidential election. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray resigns amid accusations that he sexually abused teens in the 1970’s and 1980’s.
September 14: Google is sued for inequality in male and female salaries.
October 5: The New York Times publishes an exposé on Harvey Weinstein, detailing the sexual misconduct allegations against him from thirteen women.
November 7: Danica Roem triumphs over Robert Marshall in Virginia, becoming the first openly transgender state legislator.
November 21: CBS fires Charlie Rose after accusations of sexual assault from eight women.
November 27: NBC fires host Matt Lauer after a sexual assault allegation arises.
December 12: Doug Jones wins the Alabama senatorial election with large female support against alleged perpetrator of sexual misconduct with minors, Republican Roy Moore.
December 15: Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) forbidden to use the words “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “transgender,” “fetus,” “evidence-based,” “science-based,” and “diversity,” leading to widespread protest.
January 20, 2018: National marches to celebrate the anniversary of the Women’s March.