Women's Marches took place across New York and the nation this past weekend, including in Syracuse and Seneca Falls, which marked the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote. Seneca Falls was also the site of the Convention on Women's Rights.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the leading suffragists at that convention in 1848. Her great-great-grandaughter, Coline Jenkins, marched on the same grounds 172 years later pushing people to exercise those rights.
"I think it's incredibly important that everybody get out there,” Jenkins said. “People fought very hard for your right to vote, so that's the least you can do is show up."
The marches started after President Trump’s election in 2016 and have continued every year since. While organizers claim the marches are non-partisan, most marchers chanted and displayed signs opposing the president.
Rep. Joe Morelle (D-Rochester) thinks turnout at the marches may signal strong turnout and success for his party in the 2020 election.
"I think this is an indication of how energized people will be and I think turnout is going to be one of the highest in American history," Morelle said.
Thousands of people participated in the marches, and the turnout was similar to 2019, despite blizzard conditions both years.
