Hillary Clinton wore white - a symbol of women's suffrage - to Trump's inauguration
It was a striking statement on the eve of the Women’s March on Washington.
Updated by Emily Crockett@emilycrockettemily@vox.com Jan 20, 2017, 12:09pm EST
When Hillary Clinton showed up to the inauguration of her former rival Donald Trump on Friday, her outfit made a striking statement. She wore an all-white suit — making a not-so-subtle reference to the women’s suffrage movement.
It’s an especially striking choice on the eve of the Women’s March on Washington, which promises to draw massive crowds of people aiming to remind Trump of the importance of a famous Clinton quote: “Women’s rights are human rights.” The march will also echo another inauguration protest — the 1913 women’s suffrage parade that ended violently, but galvanized support for passing the 19th Amendment that guaranteed women the right to vote in 1920.
It’s not unheard of for women to wear white at the inauguration. Indeed, Ivanka and Tiffany Trump both wore all white too, perhaps in reference to their support for women’s issues. Laura Bush also wore all white in 2005 at her husband’s second inauguration.
But a woman politician wearing all white has particular historical meaning, one that women who set political milestones have often been conscious of. Geraldine Ferraro wore all white when she became the first woman to accept the vice presidential nomination of a major party in 1984. Shirley Chisholm wore all white in 1969 when she became the first African-American woman elected to Congress, and again three years later when she became the first African-American woman to run for a major party’s nomination for president.
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