The day after Donald J. Trump is sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, a crowd of women and women's allies, anticipated to be as large as 250,000 strong, will march on the nation's capital to make their presence known. And not just in Washington, DC. There are spin-off marches in every state of the union – at least two in North Carolina – and more marches are scheduled across the world.
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