Hawaii grandma's plea launches women's march in Washington


  • World
  • Monday, 05 Dec 2016

Teresa Shook is pictured in this undated handout photo. Teresa Shook/Handout via REUTERS

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hawaii grandmother Teresa Shook wanted to share her outrage with other women the night after Donald Trump was elected president, but she had few options in her remote island community. So she went on Facebook and in a popular political group wrote the first thing that came to mind: I think we should march.

Four weeks later, organizers credit Shook’s quiet plea with igniting what could be the largest demonstration in the nation's capital related to a presidential election.

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